Francis W. Doughty
Francis Worcester Doughty (November 5, 1850 – October 30, 1917) was an American screenwriter and novelist.
Doughty was born in Brooklyn, and wrote Old King Brady dime novel stories for the Frank Tousey. He wrote around 1500 novels.[1] Doughty specialized in detective stories, and had the characteristic of repeating the title in the final sentence of the story.[2]
In 1914, he was recruited to work on the Thanhouser serial, Zudora, writing episodes 11 to 20.[1]
Doughty was also a numismatist and coin collector. He wrote The Cents of the United States, A Numismatic Study (1890) and his collection (containing 1539 lots) was sold at auction in 1891.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Bowers, Q. David. "DOUGHTY, Francis Worcester". Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ↑ Cox, J. Randolph (2000). The Dime Novel Companion: A Source Book. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 89. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
External links
- Works by or about Francis W. Doughty at Internet Archive
- Francis W. Doughty at the Internet Movie Database
- Francis W. Doughty at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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