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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: Joseph Alan Scofield

Author: Joseph Alan Scofield (born 1845)

Biography: Joseph Alan Scofield was born in 1845 in Suffolk, the son of Edward Scofield and his wife Helen (née Beeden). He attended a small boarding school in Woodbridge and earned a degree from the University of London (1867). By the 1871 census, he lived in Westminster and worked as a clerk in the Duchy of Cornwall offices. Seemingly, he was an ardent supporter of temperance and all three of his published works—a novel, a play, and a pamphlet—include it as a theme. Thereafter, his life cannot be traced.

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References: British Census (1851, 1871); Wellesley

Fiction Titles:

  1. Here Below: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1883.