biography
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| (1862–1960)
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| biography:
| British novelist, playwright, and poet, born in Mount Aboo, India. Educated in Devon, SW England, UK, he remained associated with the county for most of his life. He was the author of well over 200 books, the best of them being novels about Dartmoor, such as Children of the Mist (1898), The Secret Woman (1905), and Widecombe Fair (1913). With his daughter, Adelaide, he collaborated in two successful comedies, The Farmer's Wife (1924) and Yellow Sands (1926). |
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