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Robert W. Chambers

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and fiction writer, best known for his book of short stories titled The King in Yellow, published in 1895.

Chambers was born in Brooklyn, New York, to William P. Chambers (1827–1911), a corporate and bankruptcy lawyer, and Caroline Smith Boughton (1842–1913). His parents met when his mother was twelve years old and William P. was interning with her father, Joseph Boughton, a prominent corporate lawyer. Eventually the two formed the law firm of Chambers and Boughton which continued to prosper even after Joseph's death in 1861. Robert Chambers's great-grandfather, William Chambers (birth unknown), a lieutenant in the British Royal Navy, was married to Amelia Saunders (1765–1822), a great granddaughter of Tobias Saunders of Westerly, Rhode Island. The couple moved from Westerly to Greenfield, Massachusetts and then to Galway, New York, where their son, also William Chambers (1798–1874), was born. The second William graduated from Union College at the age of 18, and then went to a college in Boston, where he studied medicine. Upon graduating, he and his wife, Eliza P. Allen (1793–1880), a direct descendant of Roger Williams, the founder of Providence, Rhode Island, were among the first settlers of Broadalbin, New York. His brother was the architect Walter Boughton Chambers.

Robert W. Chambers Books

The King in Yellow book cover

The King in Yellow

Robert W. Chambers
The Yellowing book cover

The Yellowing

D.C. Raymond
The Hidden Children book cover

The Hidden Children

Robert W. Chambers
The King in Yellow book cover

The King in Yellow

Robert W. Chambers
The King in Yellow book cover

The King in Yellow

Robert W. Chambers
The King in Yellow (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition) book cover

The King in Yellow (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)

Robert W. Chambers
The King in Yellow book cover

The King in Yellow

Robert W Chambers
Famous Modern Ghost Stories book cover

Famous Modern Ghost Stories

Dorothy Scarborough
The Mystery Lady book cover

The Mystery Lady

Robert W. Chambers
The King in Yellow book cover

The King in Yellow

Robert W. Chambers
The King in Yellow book cover

The King in Yellow

Robert W. Chambers
The King in Yellow book cover

The King in Yellow

Robert W. Chambers
The King in Yellow book cover

The King in Yellow

John Edgar Browning
The King in Yellow, Deluxe Edition book cover

The King in Yellow, Deluxe Edition

Robert W. Chambers
The King in Yellow (with a Foreword by Rupert Hughes) book cover

The King in Yellow (with a Foreword by Rupert Hughes)

Robert W. Chambers
The Weiser Book of the Fantastic and Forgotten book cover

The Weiser Book of the Fantastic and Forgotten

Judika Illes
The King in Yellow book cover

The King in Yellow

Robert W Chambers
The King in Yellow book cover

The King in Yellow

Robert W. Chambers
JAPONETTE book cover

JAPONETTE

Robert W. Chambers
The Weiser Book of Horror and the Occult book cover

The Weiser Book of Horror and the Occult

Lon Milo DuQuette
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