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Innes, Hammond
Pseudonym used by the British novelist Ralph Hammond-Innes who was born in Horsham, Sussex, to Scottish parents. He attended Cranbrook School in Kent between 1927 and 1931 after which he did odd jobs, including working as a journalist. Between 1934 and 1940 he was employed at Financial News, later the Financial Times, in London. He also wrote novels to add to his income, and he published the...
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Wingfield, R.D.
His full name was Rodney David Wingfield, an English author and dramatist, born in Hackney in London. He was educated at Cooper’s Company School in London, but spent a long time in Somerset, as the school’s pupils were evacuated to Frome during the Second World War. He was exempted from National Service primarily on account of his poor eyesight. Instead, after the war he had various jobs, mainly a...
