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(1887-1939) UK soldier and author of The Menace of the Terribore (1936; vt The Raid of the Terribore: A Modern Adventure Story 1937), a Near Future adventure for boys in which an international criminal takes advantage of several Inventions, including a submarine capable of boring through the earth, to flummox British forces. [JC]
born Newport, Monmouthshire: 20 June 1887
died Kintbury, Berkshire: 5 September 1939
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Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
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