T.S. Arthur

T.S. Arthur (1809-1885), American temperance crusader, editor and author of fiction and non-fiction works such as Ten Nights in a Bar-Room (1854).

Ten Nights was the biggest and most memorable success of Arthur's career, but his efforts and influence as an editor and publisher are no less important. Timothy Shay Arthur was born on 6 June, 1890, the son of William Arthur and Anna née Shay of Orange County, New York, U.S.A. The Arthur’s moved to Baltimore, Maryland around 1817. Arthur was in frail health as a youngster so his mother took on the role of teacher, reading him the Bible stories and telling him many tales of the life of her father, Timothy Shay, an officer in the Revolutionary war.