James Malcolm Rymer (1814-1884) was a British 19th-century writer of penny dreadfuls, and is the probable co-author with Thomas Peckett Prest of both Varney the Vampire (1847) and The String of Pearls (1847), in which the notorious villain Sweeney Todd makes his literary debut.
Writers born in the 1810s 6
About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1814 to 1884 · aged 70
Written about in
4 languages
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