biography
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Stockton, Frank Richard
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popular name of Francis Richard Stockton
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| male
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| lived:
| (1834–1902)
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| biography:
| Humorist and engraver, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. A wood engraver, he became assistant editor of the St Nicholas Magazine (1873). He first attracted notice by his stories for children, and is best known as author of the collection The Lady or the Tiger (1884). Other works include Mrs Cliff's Yacht (1896) and The Girl at Cobhurst (1898). |
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