HORNE, Richard Henry

HORNE, Richard Henry
(1803-1884)
   UK writer credited by William WILSON as the author of what is, according to Wilson's DEFINITION OF SF, an exemplary work of "Science-Fiction": The Poor Artist, or Seven Eye-sights and One Object(1871), a didactic novella in which a struggling artist achieves success by reproducing seven different images of a coin as perceived by various woodland creatures. RHH signed some of his other work R. Hengist Horne.
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   See also: PERCEPTION.

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  • HORNE, Richard Henry, or Hengist (1803-1884) — poet was born at Edmonton, near London, on 1 January 1803. He was originally given the names of Richard Henry, but changed his second name to Hengist after meeting a Mr Hengist in Australia who was a good friend to him. His father, a man of means …   Dictionary of Australian Biography

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  • Richard Henry Horne — Richard Hengist Horne (born Richard Henry Horne) (1 January 1803 – 13 March 1884), English poet and critic.Early lifeHorne was born at Edmonton, London. His father, a man of means, died early. Horne was sent to a school at Edmonton and then to… …   Wikipedia

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  • Horne — /hɔn/ (say hawn) noun 1. Donald Richmond, 1921–2005, Australian writer, academic, editor and arts administrator; author of The Lucky Country (1964). 2. R(ichard) H(engist) /ˈhɛŋəst/ (say henguhst) (Richard Henry Horne, Orion ), 1802–84, English… …  

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