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SIR ARTHUR THOMAS, an English writer of fiction; born in Cornwall, Nov. 21, 1863. He was educated at Oxford. He belonged to the staff of the weekly "Speaker."
Among his stories are: "Dead Man's Troy by Town"; "The Splendid Spur"; "The Blue Pavilions"; "The Ship of Stars," etc. He completed Robert Louis Stevenson's unfinished novel "St. Ives." Among his more recent works are: "Poison Island" (1907) ; "Corporal Sam" (1910); "Nicky Nan" (1915), etc.
Knighted in 1910. Since 1912, Professor of English Literature, Cambridge University.