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H. Rider Haggard

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English adventure novelist (1856-1925)

United KingdomWritersLived 1856 to 1925 · aged 68
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Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure fiction romances set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a pioneer of the lost world literary genre. He was also involved in land reform throughout the British Empire.

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Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure fiction romances set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a pioneer of the lost world literary genre. He was also involved in land reform throughout the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature and including the eighteen Allan Quatermain stories beginning with King Solomon's Mines, continue to be popular and influential.

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United Kingdom
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Writers
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deceased
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Lived 1856 to 1925 · aged 68
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