Stanley Houghton, an English playwright, was educated at Bowdon College and at Manchester Grammar School and worked full-time in his father's office after leaving school in 1897.
William Stanley Houghton (22 February 1881  11 December 1913) was an English playwright. Houghton was educated at Bowdon College and at Manchester Grammar School. Upon leaving school in 1897, he started working full-time in his father's office and continued to do this until 1912. 
