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Montague Rhodes James

Montague Rhodes James (1 August 1862 – 12 June 1936) was an English author, medievalist scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–18), and of Eton College (1918–36). He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1913–15).

Though James's work as a medievalist and scholar is still highly regarded, he is best remembered for his ghost stories, which some regard as among the best in the genre. James redefined the ghost story for the new century by abandoning many of the formal Gothic clichés of his predecessors and using more realistic contemporary settings. However, James's protagonists and plots tend to reflect his own antiquarian interests. Accordingly, he is known as the originator of the "antiquarian ghost story".

Source: M. R. James on Wikipedia.

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20th century British author, medievalist scholar and provost

Born 1 Aug 1862
Died 12 Jun 1936

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  • Cover of: Ghost stories of an antiquary

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    First published in 1911 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: The manuscripts in the Library at Lambeth Palace

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  • Cover of: The Western Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, Volume 3: A Descriptive Catalogue

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    First published in 1984 — 5 editions
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    First published in 1895 — 4 editions
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20th century British author, medievalist scholar and provost

Born 1 Aug 1862
Died 12 Jun 1936

Subjects

English Ghost stories, Fiction, ghost, Manuscripts, Manuscripts, catalogs, Fiction, short stories (single author), Great britain, antiquities, Catalogs, Fiction, Fiction, horror, Ghost stories, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Bible, Bowhunting, History, Criticism, interpretation, Ghost stories, English, Ghosts, Gothic Sculpture, Short stories, Specimens, Big game hunting, Biography, Children's fiction, Christian art and symbolism, Eton College

Places

Great Britain, England, Ely, London, North America, Norwich, Bury Saint Edmunds (England), Calcutta, Cambridge, Cambridge (England), Eng Wells, Germany (West), Illinois, India, Surrey, Toledo, Wells (Somerset)

People

M. R. James (1862-1936), Aldhelm Saint (640?-709), Matthew Parker (1504-1575), Alban Saint (-304?), Berenice, Charles Dickens (1812-1870), Egaeus, Father Time, Grimesby Roylott, Helen Stoner, Henry Jackson (1839-1921), John H. Watson, Judith (Biblical figure), M. R. James (1940-), Peter Ludwig (1925-), Richard Hamilton Essex (1802-1855), Sherlock Holmes, Stroke Moran, Thomas Chaundler (1418?-1490), Thomas Markaunt, William of Malmesbury (approximately 1090-1143), William of Malmesbury (ca. 1090-1143)

Time

400-1400, Medieval, To 400, 1880 - 1912, 19th century, 20th century, 400-1450, Jusqu'à 400

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  • M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James
  • M., R. James
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  • M.R. James
  • M. R. James
  • M R James
  • M R. 1862-1936 James
  • M R Transl James
  • M R. James
  • Montague R. James
  • Montague, Rhodes James
  • Montague James
  • Montague Rhodes JAMES
  • James M. R.
  • M. R. 1862-1936 James
  • M. R. (Montague Rhodes) 1862- James

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