R Austin Freeman British Novelist
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| First Name |
R
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| Middle Name |
Austin
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| Last Name |
Freeman
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| Birthday |
11th April, 1862
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| Birthplace |
Soho, London, England
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| Died |
28th September, 1943
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| Place of Death |
Gravesend, Kent, England
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| Zodiac Sign |
Aries
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| Nationality |
British
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| Occupation Text |
Medical Doctor and writer
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| Occupation |
Novelist
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| Year(s) Active |
1887 – 1943
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Dr. Richard Austin Freeman MRCS LSA (11 April 1862 – 28 September 1943) was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr. Thorndyke. He invented the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery). Roberts said that this invention was Freeman's most noticeable contribution to detective fiction. Freeman used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels. Many of the Dr. Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but sometimes arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.
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