Francis Yeats-Brown Quotes
To me the charm of an encyclopedia is that it knows - and I needn't.
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| Birth: | 15th August, 1886 |
| Death: | 19th December, 1944 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Army Officer, Author |
Major Francis Charles Claypon Yeats-Brown was born in Genoa, Liguria, Italy. He was an officer in the British Indian army and the author of the celebrated memoir The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, for which he was awarded the 1930 James Tait Black Memorial Prize. He studied at Royal Military Academy, Harrow and Sandhurst. He wrote several books include: Caught by the Turks, Bengal Lancer, Martial India, European jungle, The Eight Steps to Yoga, Dogs of War! and Pageant of India.
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