Blackmore
RICHARD DODD- RIDGE, an English novelist, born in BLACK SEA Longworth, Berkshire, June 9, 1825. He graduated from Oxford in 1847, was called to the bar in 1852, but devoted himself to literature. Among his novels are "Lorna Doone" (London, 1869), by far the most celebrated. "Clara Vaughan" (1864); "The Maid of Sker" (1872); "Cripps, the Carrier" (1876); "Erema" (1877); "Mary Anerley" (1880); "Cristowell" (1882); "Springhaven" (1887); "Kit and Kitty" (1889); "Perlycross" (1894); "Slain by the Doones" (1895); and "Dariel" (1897). He also published a version of Vergil's "Georgics." He died in London, Jan. 21, 1900