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R. Austin Freeman

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Richard Austin Freeman (11 April 1862 – 28 September 1943) was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr. Thorndyke. [1]

40 relations: Bight of Benin, Charles Reade, Detection Club, Dr. Thorndyke, E. F. Bleiler, Epping Forest, Eugene Aram, Felo de se, Fictional detectives, Fingerprint, Freeman (surname), Golden Age of Detective Fiction, Good Bad Books, Herbert Spencer, Honkaku Mystery Best 10, Inverted detective story, John Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland, Julliberrie's Grave, King's Bench Walk, London, List of authors by name: F, List of detective fiction authors, List of English writers (D-J), List of fictional medical examiners, List of mystery writers, Malice Aforethought, Max Carrados, Max Pemberton, Partners in Crime (short story collection), Physician writer, Richard Freeman, Silent Witness (disambiguation), The Bloody Red Baron, The Eugenics Review, The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (book series), The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV series), Whodunit, Wolf Rock Lighthouse, 1907 in the United Kingdom, 1911 in literature, 1912 in literature.

Bight of Benin

The Bight of Benin or Bay of Benin is a bight in the Gulf of Guinea area on the western African coast.

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Charles Reade

Charles Reade (8 June 1814 – 11 April 1884) was an English novelist and dramatist, best known for The Cloister and the Hearth.

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Detection Club

The Detection Club was formed in 1930 by a group of British mystery writers, including Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ronald Knox, Freeman Wills Crofts, Arthur Morrison, Hugh Walpole, John Rhode, Jessie Rickard, Baroness Emma Orczy, R. Austin Freeman, G. D. H. Cole, Margaret Cole, E. C. Bentley, Henry Wade, and H. C. Bailey.

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Dr. Thorndyke

Dr John Evelyn Thorndyke is a fictional detective in a long series of 22 novels and 40 short stories by British author R. Austin Freeman (1862–1943).

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E. F. Bleiler

Everett Franklin Bleiler (April 30, 1920 – June 13, 2010) was an editor, bibliographer, and scholar of science fiction, detective fiction, and fantasy literature.

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Epping Forest

Epping Forest is a area of ancient woodland between Epping in the north and Wanstead in the south, straddling the border between Greater London and Essex.

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Eugene Aram

Eugene Aram (1704 – 16 August 1759) was an English philologist, but also infamous as the murderer celebrated by Thomas Hood in his ballad, The Dream of Eugene Aram, and by Edward Bulwer-Lytton in his 1832 novel Eugene Aram.

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Felo de se

Felo de se, Latin for "felon of himself", is an archaic legal term that denotes an illegal act of suicide.

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Fictional detectives

Fictional detectives are characters in detective fiction.

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Fingerprint

A fingerprint in its narrow sense is an impression left by the friction ridges of a human finger.

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Freeman (surname)

Freeman as a surname may refer to.

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Golden Age of Detective Fiction

The Golden Age of Detective Fiction was an era of classic murder mystery novels of similar patterns and styles, predominantly in the 1920s and 1930s.

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Good Bad Books

"Good Bad Books" is an essay by George Orwell first published in Tribune on 2 November 1945.

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Herbert Spencer

Herbert Spencer (27 April 1820 – 8 December 1903) was an English philosopher, biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist of the Victorian era.

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Honkaku Mystery Best 10

is an annual mystery fiction guide book published by Hara Shobo.

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Inverted detective story

An inverted detective story, also known as a "howcatchem", is a murder mystery fiction structure in which the commission of the crime is shown or described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator.

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John Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland

William John Cavendish Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland (17 September 1800 – 6 December 1879), styled Lord John Bentinck before 1824 and Marquess of Titchfield between 1824 and 1854, was a British Army officer and peer, most remembered for his eccentric behaviour.

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Julliberrie's Grave

Julliberrie's Grave, also known as The Giant's Grave or The Grave, is an unchambered long barrow located near to the village of Chilham in the south-eastern English county of Kent.

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King's Bench Walk, London

King's Bench Walk is a street in Temple, in the City of London.

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List of authors by name: F

List of authors by name: A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – W – X – Y – Z.

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List of detective fiction authors

This is a list of detective fiction writers.

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List of English writers (D-J)

List of English writers lists writers in English, born or raised in England (or who lived in England for a lengthy period), who already have Wikipedia pages.

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List of fictional medical examiners

This list consists of fictional medical examiners from various works of literature, films, and television series, in order of their show/book debut.

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List of mystery writers

This is a list of mystery writers: See also—External links.

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Malice Aforethought

Malice Aforethought (1931) is a murder mystery novel written by Anthony Berkeley Cox, using the pen name Francis Iles.

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Max Carrados

Max Carrados is a fictional blind detective in a series of mystery stories and books by Ernest Bramah, beginning in 1914.

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Max Pemberton

Sir Max Pemberton (19 June 1863 – 22 February 1950) was a popular British novelist, working mainly in the adventure and mystery genres.

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Partners in Crime (short story collection)

Partners in Crime is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published by Dodd, Mead and Company in the US in 1929 and in the UK by William Collins & Sons on 16 September of the same year.

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Physician writer

Physician writers are physicians who write creatively in fields outside their practice of medicine.

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Richard Freeman

Richard Freeman may refer to.

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Silent Witness (disambiguation)

Silent Witness is a British crime thriller TV series.

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The Bloody Red Baron

The Bloody Red Baron is a 1995 Alternate history/horror novel by British author Kim Newman.

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The Eugenics Review

The Eugenics Review was a scientific journal published by the Galton Institute.

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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (book series)

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes is the first in a series of published anthologies by Hugh Greene, elder brother of author Graham Greene and the former director-general of the BBC.

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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV series)

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes is a British anthology mystery television series that was produced by Thames Television and originally broadcast on the ITV Network.

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Whodunit

A whodunit or whodunnit (a colloquial elision of "Who done it?" or "Who did it?") is a complex, plot-driven variety of the detective story in which the audience is given the opportunity to engage in the same process of deduction as the protagonist throughout the investigation of a crime.

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Wolf Rock Lighthouse

Wolf Rock Lighthouse is on the Wolf Rock, a single rock located east of St Mary's, Isles of Scilly and southwest of Land's End, in Cornwall, England.

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1907 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1907 in the United Kingdom.

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1911 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1911.

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1912 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1912.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Austin_Freeman

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