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R. D. Blackmore
Born: June 7, 1825
Died: January 20, 1900 (aged 74)
Bio: Richard Doddridge Blackmore, known as R. D. Blackmore, was one of the most famous English novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century.
Known for:
- Lorna Doone (1869)
- The Maid of Sker (1872)
- Clara Vaughan (1864)
- Erema (1877)
- Mary Anerley (1880)