Richard Doddridge Blackmore

English novelist (1825-1900).

Born June 7th, 1825 in Longworth. [ref]

Died January 20th, 1900 at 74 years old in Teddington. [ref]

Occupations
barrister, fruit grower, gardener, novelist, poet, prose writer, writer
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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe