2 Quotes & Sayings By Philip Roscoe
Philip Roscoe was born in St. Helens, Lancashire, England in 1871. He lost his sight following surgery at the age of three, but at the age of fifteen he began to write about his experiences. He moved to London in 1899 where he published poetry and fiction
In 1901 he began writing for the London Evening News under the pseudonym "P. L. Roscoe." The first book under that name was published in 1912.
From 1914 until 1927 he worked as a journalist on the Daily Mirror, The Daily Mail, The Sunday Times, and The Observer. At that time, he also published a series of short stories under his own name which proved to be very successful. His first novel, The Surgeon of Gaster Street (1921), became an international bestseller and was made into a film starring Ivor Novello (1923).
He also published two volumes of autobiography: A Prisoner of Birth (1927) and Prisoner at Large (1928). His most famous work is Think and Grow Rich (1937), which has gone through more than 100 editions and has been translated into over sixty-six languages. His autobiography was published as My Autobiography (1950).
Philip Roscoe died on June 27th, 1958 in London at the age of eighty-seven.