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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: Thomas Sinclair

Author: Thomas Sinclair (1843–1912)

Biography: Thomas Sinclair was born in 1843 in Scotland, the second son of George Sinclair and Helen Swanson. He attended Edinburgh University, the New College, and the Sorbonne, earning an M.A. along the way. Sinclair worked as a tutor before turning to journalism in 1874—thereafter he became a prolific writer of poetry, reviews, articles, travel, and criticism. In addition, he wrote one novel, Goddess Fortune (1884), about children switched at birth. He travelled widely, living for a time on the continent and in Algeria. He never married and died on 1 December 1912 in Achinabest, Scotland.

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References: Allibone; British Census (1901); John O' Groat Journal (6 December 1912); Who's Who (1905, 1907)

Fiction Titles:

  1. Goddess Fortune: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Trübner, 1884.