Edgar Vernon Christian (6 June 1908 – June 1927) was an English adventurer and writer who died in Northern Canada. He was born in Earls Barton, Northamptonshire, the son of Lt Col William Francis (Frank) Christian, RA and his wife Marguerite (née Hornby). He was one of five children in the family. Soon after he was born the family moved to Cosham, Hampshire. He attended prep school at the Grange School, Shorncliffe Road, Folkestone and hoped to follow his brother Charles to Marlborough College, but eventually in 1924 he went on to Dover College which was more local, despite the fact the family moved in 1919 to Bron Dirion in North Wales.