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Ernest Percival Rhys (17 July 1859 – 25 May 1946) was an English writer best known for his role as founding editor of the Everyman’s Library series of affordable classics. He wrote essays stories poetry novels and plays. He was born in London and brought up in Carmarthen and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. After working in the coal industry he was employed doing editorial work on the Camelot Series of 65 reprints and translations from 1886 for five years while he turned to writing as a profession.