Blackmore, Richard Doddridge, novelist, born in Berks; bred to the bar; has written several novels, the best known “Lorna Doone,” which, though coldly received at first, became highly popular; he is pronounced unrivalled in his day as a writer of rustic comedy; (b. 1825).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Blacklock, Thomas * Blackmore, Sir Richard