James Rice (writer)
For other people named James Rice, see James Rice (disambiguation).
James Rice (26 September 1843 – 26 April 1882), English novelist, wrote a number of successful novels in collaboration with Walter Besant.[1]
He was born in Northampton, and was educated at Cambridge University.[2] He studied law, becoming a lawyer of Lincolns Inn in 1871. He was one of the first known people with an allergy to peanuts.
In 1868 he bought the publication Once a Week. It was loss-making, but made him acquainted with Besant. Together they had a successful collaboration, ended by Rice's death. He died in Redhill.
Works, all with Walter Besant
- Ready-money Mortiboy (1872)
- My Little Girl (1873)
- With Harp and Crown (1874)
- This Son of Vulcan (1876)
- The Golden Butterfly (1876)
- The Case of Mr Lucraft (1876) stories
- The Monks of Thelema (1878)
- By Celia's Arbour (1878)
- 'Twas in Trafalgar's Bay (1879) stories
- The Seamy Side (1880)
- The Chaplain of the Fleet (1881)
- Sir Richard Whittington (1881)
- The Ten Years Tenant (1881) stories
References
- ↑ Besant, Walter (29 April 1882). "Obituary. Mr. J. Rice". The Athenæum (2844): 540.
- ↑ "Rice, Samuel James (RY865SJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Rice, James". Encyclopædia Britannica. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 290.- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London: J. M. Dent & Sons. Wikisource
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