STANLEY JOHN WEYMAN
\stˈanlɪ d͡ʒˈɒn wˈe͡ɪmən], \stˈanlɪ dʒˈɒn wˈeɪmən], \s_t_ˈa_n_l_ɪ dʒ_ˈɒ_n w_ˈeɪ_m_ə_n]\
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An English novelist; born at Ludlow, Shropshire, Aug. 7, 1855. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford; was classical instructor in the King's School, Chester, 1878; was called to the bar in 1881, and practiced until 1890. He contributed to periodicals in 1883, and published in book form the historical romances: "The House of the Wolf" (1890); "Francis Cludde" (1891); "The New Rector" (1891); "A Gentleman of France" (1893); "Under the Red Robe" (1894); "My Lady Rotha" (1894); "Count Hannibal"; "The Long Night". Several of his stories have been dramatized. His books deal with character and incident not previously written upon and are fresh, original, and popular.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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