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An English novelist; born in Longworth, Berkshire, June 7, 1825; died in London, Jan. 20, 1900. He graduated from Oxford in 1847, was called to the bar in 1852, and later devoted himself to literature. Among his novels are: "Lorna Doone" (London, 1869; far the most celebrated, having reached dozens of editions, some of them magnificent extra-illustrated ones); "Clara Vaughan" (1864); "The Maid of Sker" (1872); "Alice Lorraine" (1875); "Cripps the Carrier" (1876); "Erema" (1877); "Mary Anerley" (1880); "Christowell" (1882); "Sir Thomas Upmore" (1884); "Springhaven" (1887); "Kit and Kitty" (1889); "Perlycross" (1894); "Dariel" (1897); and other novels. He also published a version of Virgil's "Georgics".