BLACKMORE, RICHARD DODDRIDGE

BLACKMORE, RICHARD DODDRIDGE
   novelist, born in Berks; bred to the bar; has written several novels, the best known "Lorna Doone," which, though coldly received at first, became highly popular; he is pronounced unrivalled in his day as a writer of rustic comedy; b. 1825.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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