b. 25 March 1841. d. 12 May 1919. Nationality: English.
Novelist, short story writer, and poet. Pseudonym: “R. E. F.” Born in Gloucestershire.
Educated at the University of Cambridge. Called to the bar in 1864. Staff writer for
the *Globe* (1872-1894). Author of a book of short stories, *Jack Doyle’s Daughter*
(1894), and his autobiography *Mid-Victorian Memories* (1914). Biographical information:
*Curran Index*, Sutherland, p. 232. (AC, CC)