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STANLEY JOHN (wi man), an English novelist; born in Ludlow, Shropshire, England, Aug. 7, 1855; was educated at Christ Church, Oxford; became classical instructor in the King's School, Chester, in 1878; called to the bar in 1881, and practiced till 1890. He contributed to periodicals in 1883, and published in book form the historical romances: "The House of the Wolf" (1890); "Francis Cludde" (1891); "The New Rector" (1891); "A Gentleman of France" (1893); "Under the Red Robe" (1894); and "My Lady Rotha" (1894); WHALE greatly enlarged by the addition of many new and elegant buildings. Pop. about 20,000.

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