The streets of London through the centuries

Thomas Burke (29 November 1886 – 22 September 1945) was a British author. He was born in Clapham Junction, London. His first successful publication was Limehouse Nights (1916), a collection of stories centred on life in the poverty-stricken Limehouse district of London. Many of Burke's books feature the Chinese character Quong Lee as narrator. "The Lamplit Hour", an incidental poem from Limehouse Nights, was set to music in the United States by Arthur Penn in 1919.