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Sir Henry Rider Haggard KBE (/ ˈhæɡərd /; 22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925) was an English writer of adventure fiction romances set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a pioneer of the lost world literary genre. [1] He was also involved in land reform throughout the British Empire. [2]
Aug 29, 2015 · Haggard had killed off the character at the end of the eponymous 1887 novel Allan Quatermain (Oxford World’s Classics), but so loud was the public outcry that two years later, Quatermain was back in Allan’s Wife.
Died: May 14, 1925, London (aged 68) Notable Works: “King Solomon’s Mines”. “She”. Sir H. Rider Haggard (born June 22, 1856, Bradenham, Norfolk, Eng.—died May 14, 1925, London) was an English novelist best known for his romantic adventure King Solomon’s Mines (1885).
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H. Rider Haggard died in a London nursing home at 3 Devonshire Terrace on 14 May 1925. His ashes are buried in the chancel of Ditchingham church. One of Haggard's daughters, L. R. Haggard, wrote a memoir of him, The Cloak that I Left in 1951.
May 14, 2021 · Born June 22, 1856 in Norfolk, England, he showed little promise as a young man. A poor student who failed the entrance exam for the British Foreign Office, he drifted among various occupations and eventually ended up in southern Africa, where he took an unpaid position in the British administrative office overseeing the empire’s African ...
'Ayesha' and 'She'. Died in a nursing home at 3 Devonshire Terrace. Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk. Novelist. Born at Wood Farm, West Bradenham, Norfolk. At the age of nineteen he was sent to Natal to serve the Lieutenant-Governor, as his father said he was only fit to be a greengrocer.
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H. Rider Haggard was born on June 22, 1856 in Bradenham, Norfolk, England, UK. H. Rider was a writer, known for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, King Solomon's Mines (1985) and Allan Quatermain. H. Rider was married to Mariana Louisa Margitson. H. Rider died on May 14, 1925 in London, England, UK.
