engelsch novellist en schrijver van philosophisch-theologische werken, geb. 28 Jan. 1834 te Exeter, werd 1871 predikant te East-Mersea, in 1881 te Lew-Trenchard (Devonshire), schreef: Iceland, its scenes and sagas (1863 en 1864), Post-medieval preachers (1865), The book of werewolves (1865), Curious myths of the middle ages (1867), Curiosities of olden times (1869), The origin and development of religious belief (2 stukken, 1869), In exitu Israel : an historical novel (1870), The lives of the Saints (17 din. 1872—89, nieuwe druk 1897), Yorkshire oddities (2 stukken, 1874), The silver store (gedichten, 1868), Village preaching. Sermons (1875), Village preaching for a year (2de serie, 2 din. 1883—84), Sermons to children (1879), Village pulpit (2 din. 1881), The vicar of Morwen-stow (1876, biographie van een excentriek engelsch geestelijke), Germany, present and past (2 din. 1879), The seven last words (1884), The Passion of Jesus (1885), Our inheritance (1888), Old country life (1889), Historic oddities (1889), English Minstrelsie (dl. 1—6, 1895—96), Life of Napoleon Bonaparte (1896), A study of St.
Paul, his character and opinions (1897), A book of Dartmoor (1900); verder nog de novellen Mehalah (1880), John Herring, Court Royal, Tragedy of the Césars 2 din., 1892), Mrs. Curgenven (3 din., 1893), Kitty alone (3 din., 1894), Guaves the Tinner (1897), Perpétua. A story of Nimes in A. D. 213 (1897), Domilia (1898), An old English home (1898), Pavo the priest (1899), Winifred (1900), The Frobishers (1901), Royal Georgie (1901).
