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R. Austin Freeman
British detective story writer (1862-1943)
📅 1862–1943 · 19th century📚 2 titlesEN 1ES 1
Biography
Dr. Richard Austin Freeman was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr. Thorndyke. He invented the inverted detective story. This invention has been described as Freeman's most notable contribution to detective fiction. Freeman used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels. Many of the Dr. Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but sometimes arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.
Biography in Spanish
Richard Austin Freeman, conocido también como Clifford Ashdown, fue un escritor británico de ficción detectivesca, en su mayoría protagonizadas por el investigador forense médico-legal Dr. Thorndyke.
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