John Finnemore (1863-1915) was a British school teacher and writer of fictional novels and history and geography texts of countries - most are for younger readers. Finnemore contributed stories to popular boys' magazines of his time such as Boy's Own Paper and Boys' Realm but he is best remembered for his books about Teddy Lester and his friends at Slapton, a fictitious English public school. The stories have a strong sporting focus, with Lester excelling at rugby, cricket and other games. He also wrote a few adult novels. His works include: Boys and Girls of Other Days (1898), The Red Men of the Dusk (1899), Two Boys in War-Time (1900), The Lover Fugitives (1901), Men of Renown: King Alfred to Lord Roberts (1902), The Story of a Scout (1903), In the Trenches: The Adventures of a Rifleman in the Crimea (1904), Children of Empire (1905), Black's Literary Readers (1906), The Secret Entrance (1907), Italy (1907) and The Wolf Patrol: A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts (1908).