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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: Henry Kirke

Author: Henry Kirke (1843–1925)

Biography: Henry Kirke was born in 1842 in Heaton. He attended Wadham College, Oxford (B.C.L., M.A. 1866) before being called to the bar. He joined the civil service and served as a judge in British Guiana (among other positions). In addition to his legal duties, he wrote a novel Thurston Meverell (1868) and a history of Canada. He married and had several children. He died on 9 July 1925 in Southampton.

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References: Boase; British Census (1871, 1901, 1911); Probate

Fiction Titles:

  1. Thurston Meverell: or, The Forest of the Peak. A Romance.  1 vol.  Derby: Bemrose and Sons, 1868.

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