James Rice (writer)

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James Rice (26 September 1843 – 26 April 1882), English novelist, wrote a number of successful novels in collaboration with Walter Besant.

He was born in Northampton, and was educated at Cambridge University.^[1] 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

↑ "Rice, Sameul 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). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press
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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Name	Rice, James
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Short description	British writer
Date of birth	26 September 1843
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Date of death	26 April 1882
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