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Richard Doddridge Blackmore

Richard Doddridge Blackmore was a writer, novelist, poet, gardener and fruit grower (1825–1900). He was born at Longworth and died at Teddington.

Also recorded as R.D. Blackmore.

Overview

Born at Longworth in 1825, died at Teddington in 1900.

Formation and teaching

Richard Doddridge Blackmore studied at Exeter College and Blundell's School. The record notes the qualification Master of Arts.

Career and activity

Richard Doddridge Blackmore worked in literary activity, Romantic literature, novella and fruticulture.

He belonged to Middle Temple.

Catalogued works

30 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The first 12 are listed here.

Lorna Doone. Alice Lorraine. Clara Vaughan. Cripps the Carrier. Poems by Melanter. Dariel. Erema. Christowell. Kit and Kitty. Mary Anerley. Cradock Nowell. Perlycross.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

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

Blackmore, Richard Doddridge (1825–1900), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Blackmore, Richard Doddridge, (1825–20 Jan. 1900), novelist, Who Was Who, 2007. Blackmore, Richard Doddridge, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. Blackmore, Richard Doddridge: Lorna Doone, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. Richard Doddridge Blackmore and Springhaven (1887), The Historical Novel from Scott to Sabatini, 1995.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in VIAF (59105182). Those registers additionally record the forms Richard Doddridge Blackmore, 1825-1900, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, English novelist (1825-1900), Richard Doddridge Blackmore, ysgrifennwr, bardd, garddwr, nofelydd, rhyddieithwr (1825-1900), Richard Doddridge Blackmore, angol regényíró, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, engleski romanopisac and Richard Doddridge Blackmore, avocat, puis horticulteur, auteur de romans historiques.

In detail

Richard Doddridge Blackmore studied at Exeter College and Blundell's School. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is literary activity, Romantic literature and novella.

Membership is recorded of Middle Temple.

Works named in the authority record are Lorna Doone.

Work by Richard Doddridge Blackmore is recorded in the collections of Harry Ransom Center.

Chronology

  1. 1825Richard Doddridge Blackmore born at Longworth.
  2. 1900Richard Doddridge Blackmore died at Teddington.

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

    “R. D. Blackmore”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q3316148: Richard Doddridge Blackmore

    Consult the source

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