R. D. Blackmore (Richard Doddridge) (1825-1900)

Death: 20th January 1900
Location: Teddington Cemetery, Teddington, London, England Plot: Section Fc, grave number 33
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English novelist who won acclaim for vivid descriptions and personification of the countryside. His best known and most successful novel, Lorna Doone (1869), established him in the front rank of British novelists of that time.

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