Social Victorians/People/Arthur Machen

Also Known As

• Family name: Jones-Machen
• Arthur Llewellyn Jones
• Arthur Llewellyn Jones-Machen (baptismal name)
• Golden Dawn motto: Avallanius (A.) (Alastor; Küntz 199)
• Arthur Machen, pseudonym [MAKen]

Demographics

• Nationality: Welsh

Family

• Arthur Llewellyn Jones-Machen (3 March 1863 – 15 December 1947)
• Amelia (Amy) Hogg (–1899)
• Dorothie Purefoy Hudleston ()

1. Hilary (1912–)
2. Janet (1917–)

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies

Acquaintances

• George Redway, worked for
• Lord Alfred Douglas, published in his The Academy

Friends

• A. E. Waite
• Augustus John, by circa 1919
• Syndham Lewis, by circa 1919
• Jerome K. Jerome, by circa 1919

Organizations

The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, the Isis-Urania Temple, the Outer Order only (Küntz 199)

• Joined Golden Dawn in 1899, after Amy's death, influenced by A. E. Waite; involved only briefly
• New Bohemian Club
• Square Club

Timeline

1887, Machen's father died. Also in 1887, Arthur Jones-Machen and Amy Hogg married.

1899 November 21, Machen joined the Golden Dawn, the Isis-Urania Temple (Küntz 199), after Amy died.

1903, Arthur Jones-Machen and Dorothie Purefoy Hudleston married.

Bibliography

• Alastor
• "Arthur Machen." Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Machen (accessed July 2020).
• Küntz