Allen Upward

Allen Upward (1863–1926) was a British writer, barrister and adventurer of wide and restless interests. Born in Worcester, he practiced law, traveled in the Balkans and later served as a colonial official in Nigeria. He wrote popular adventure and mystery novels, including Athelstane Ford, as well as speculative works on religion and society such as The New Word and The Divine Mystery. His prose poems, Scented Leaves from a Chinese Jar, appeared in Ezra Pound's anthology Des Imagistes in 1914.