Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936)
Montague Rhodes James was a well-educated mediaevalist who became Provost of King's College Cambridge in 1905 and was then Vice-Chancellor of the University from 1913 to 1915. He published a number of memorable works and is widely regarded as having developed the modern ghost story. His first collection was highly influential.

The Rose Garden, Lost Hearts, Oh Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad, The Treasure of Abbott Thomas, Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book, The Mezzotint, The Ash- tree, Number 13, Count Magnus, A School Story, The Tractate Middoth, Casting the Runes, The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral, Martin's Close, Mr Humphreys and his Inheritance, The Residence at Whitminster, The Diary of Mr. Poynter, An Episode of Cathedral History, The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance, Two Doctors, The Haunted Doll's House, The Uncommon Prayer-Book, A Neighbour's Landmark, A View From a Hill, A Warning to the Curious, An Evening's Entertainment, There was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard, Rats, After Dark in the Playing Fields, Wailing Well, Stories I have Tried to Write

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904)
More Ghost Stories (1911)
A Thin Ghost and Others (1919)
A Warning to the Curious (1925)
Collected Ghost Stories (1931)
Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James (1984)