Eden Phillpotts
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Born on 4th of November 1862
Died on 29th of December 1960

Born 1862 - Mount Aboo, India. Died 1960 - English novelist, dramatist and poet.

Wrote novels set mainly in Devonshire including Lying Prophets (1896) and Widecombe Fair (1913). Successful plays included The Farmer’s Wife (1924) and Yellow Sands (1926).

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