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Falkner, John Meade

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Falkner, John Meade (1858-1932)

English novelist. Of his novels the most popular was Moonfleet, 1898; others are The Lost Stradivarius 1895 and The Nebuly Coat 1903. A keen walker, he also wrote handbooks to the counties of Oxford and what was then Berkshire.

Falkner was born in Manningford Bruce, Wiltshire, and educated at Marlborough and Hertford College, Oxford. He joined an armaments firm, eventually becoming chairman.



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