Hall Caine

Hall Caine was a British writer, novelist and journalist (1853–1931). He was born at Runcorn and died at Isle of Man.

Also recorded as Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine; Sir Hall Caine; Hall, Sir Caine.

Overview

Recorded at birth as Thomas Henry Hall Caine.

Born at Runcorn in 1853, died at Isle of Man in 1931.

Identity and origins

Hall Caine was recorded at birth as Thomas Henry Hall Caine. The authorities additionally record the headings Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine, Sir Hall Caine and Hall, Sir Caine. His recorded language was English.

2 children are recorded: Derwent Hall Caine and Gordon Hall Caine.

Catalogued works

53 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1748 to 1937.

The Eternal City. The Manxman. The Woman of Knockaloe. The Bondman. The Deemster. The Master of Man. She's All the World to Me. The Prodigal Son. The Woman Thou Gavest Me. Charlie the Cox. A Son of Hagar: A Romance of Our Time. Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon. The Last Confessio... The Bondman: A New Saga. The Deemster: A Romance. The Scapegoat: A Romance. The Scapegoat. The Christian. Statement of the evidence in chief of Hall Caine before the Joint-Committee on Stage-Plays (Censorship and Theatre Licensing). The little Manx nation. The supernatural element in poetry. A son of Hagar, a romance of our time. Pete. Scapegoat; a Romance and a Parable. Drama of Three Hundred and Sixty-Five Days. Shadow of a Crime. Eternal City. Son of Hagar. Blind Mother, and the Last Confession. Scapegoat. Little Manx Nation - 1891. Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Life and Art of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. The Shadow of a Crime. Kristitty. Bondman. Christian. Woman Thou Gavest Me. ***RE-PRINT*** The woman thou gavest me, being the story of Mary O'Neill. Manxman. A Son of Hagar She's All the World to Me. Little Manx Nation. Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon. Deemster. Sonnets of Three Centuries. King Albert's Book: A Tribute to the Belgian King and People from Representative Men and Women Throughout the World, dated [1914], illustrations: color process plates, relief halftones and line photoengravings, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 66.540.13. The cruise of the "Port Kingston" / by W. Ralph Hall Caine., dated 1908, held by Wellcome Collection. The death of Cain. In five books . After the manner, and as a sequel to the Death of Abel. Fourth edition, with considerable improvements. By W. H. Hall, Esq. Author of the Royal Encyclopædia, &c. &c. &c., dated 1800, held by Wellcome Collection. The death of Cain , in five books; after the manner of The death of Abel. By a lady., dated 1789, held by Wellcome Collection. The death of Cain, in five books after the manner of the Death of Abel. By a lady., dated 1797, held by Wellcome Collection. Full report of the trial of Thomas Hall for the murder of Captain Henry Cain : Before his honor Mr. Justice Williams, at the Supreme Court, Dunedin, January, 1887., dated MDCCCLXXXVII, held by Wellcome Collection. Sermons on the creation, fall and redemption of man; and on the sacrifices of Cain and Abel, the rejection and punishment of Cain. By Henry Felton, D. D. Late Principal of Edmund Hall in Oxford, Author of the Dissertation on the Classicks. Published from his manuscripts by William Felton, M.A, dated 1748, held by Wellcome Collection. The artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti sits drawing his model in his back garden surrounded by some of his contemporaries. Colour lithograph, 1922, after M. Beerbohm., dated [1922], held by Wellcome Collection. Medawar, Sir Peter Brian (1915-1987), dated 1937-1991, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 10 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

14 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Caine, William Ralph Hall, (1865–14 Jan. 1939), writer, Who Was Who, 2007. Caine, Sir (Thomas Henry) Hall (1853–1931), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017. Caine, Sir Derwent Hall, (12 Sept. 1891–2 Dec. 1971), Who Was Who, 2007. Caine, Sir Hall, (14 May 1853–31 Aug. 1931), novelist and dramatist, Who Was Who, 2007. HALL CAINE, Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving, 2013. The Princess Maleine : a drama in five acts . and The intruder : a drama in one act. The spiritual brotherhood of mankind : religion in the novels of Hall Caine, 2017. 'Spook Business': Hall Caine and the Moment of Manx Gothic, 2018. Beyond 'Hommy-Beg': Hall Caine's Place in Dracula, 2016. The Lyceum and the Lord Chamberlain: The Case of Hall Caine's Mahomet, 2017. Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine, dramatist, with a special study of Mahomet (1890) and its contexts, 2015. “God’s Proper World”: Hall Caine, authenticity, and the making of “Manxland”, 2015. The friendship of Hall Caine and T. E. Brown, 2014. Professors, Charlatans, and Spiritists: The Stage Hypnotist in Late Nineteenth-Century English Literature, Culture & History Digital Journal, 2020.

Digitised editions and texts

16 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.

The Deemster: A Romance (1887) — Internet Archive. The eternal city (1902) — Internet Archive. the christian (1897) — Internet Archive. Life Of Christ (1938) — Internet Archive. The Manxman (1999) — Internet Archive. The Prodigal Son (1904) — Internet Archive. The Prodigal Son: A Drama in Four Acts (1905) — Internet Archive. The Scapegoat: Illustrated (1899) — Internet Archive. The Scapegoat (1891) — Internet Archive. The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance — Project Gutenberg. The Christian: A Story — Project Gutenberg. The Manxman : a novel — Project Gutenberg. Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti — Project Gutenberg. The White Prophet, Volume 2 (of 2) — Project Gutenberg. The Woman Thou Gavest Me; Being the Story of Mary O'Neill — Project Gutenberg. The White Prophet, Volume 1 (of 2) — Project Gutenberg.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 16 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 10 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

the recorded working language is English.

Distinctions recorded are Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Companion of Honour and Order of Leopold II.

Chronology

  1. 1853Hall Caine born at Runcorn.
  2. 1887The Deemster: A Romance digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1897the christian digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1902The eternal city digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1904The Prodigal Son digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1931Hall Caine died at Isle of Man.
  7. 1938Life Of Christ digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Hall Caine”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2331144: Hall Caine

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