Ernest William Hornung
British writer (1866-1921) · Writers · Died at 54
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Something wrong?Ernest William Hornung was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London. Hornung was educated at Uppingham School; as a result of poor health he left the school in December 1883 to travel to Sydney, where he stayed for two years.
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The Old School of Uppingham School, Rutland, where Hornung developed his love of cricket![A Bride from the Bush, Hornung's first novel, a "graceful comedy of manners"[11]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/A_Bride_from_the_Bush_%E2%80%93_1890.PNG/500px-A_Bride_from_the_Bush_%E2%80%93_1890.PNG)
A Bride from the Bush, Hornung's first novel, a "graceful comedy of manners"[11]![The first Raffles story was in the June 1898 issue of Cassell's Magazine.[13]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/In_the_Chains_of_Crime_%E2%80%93_Cassell%27s.jpg/330px-In_the_Chains_of_Crime_%E2%80%93_Cassell%27s.jpg)
The first Raffles story was in the June 1898 issue of Cassell's Magazine.[13]
A. J. Raffles, introduced in 1898
One of Hornung's two non-fiction works, Notes of a Camp Follower (1919)
Poster for the 1917 film Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman, with John Barrymore
Caricature of Hornung, by Stuart Boyd, 1904Writers born in the 1860s 6
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Ernest William Hornung was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London. Hornung was educated at Uppingham School; as a result of poor health he left the school in December 1883 to travel to Sydney, where he stayed for two years. He drew on his Australian experiences as a background when he began writing, initially short stories and later novels.
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