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WILLIAM EDWARD NORRIS (1847– )

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 758 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WILLIAM See also:EDWARD See also:NORRIS (1847– )  , See also:English novelist, was See also:born on the 18th of See also:November 1847, the son of See also:Sir W . See also:Norris, See also:chief See also:justice of See also:Ceylon . He was educated at See also:Eton, and called to the See also:bar at the Inner See also:Temple in 1894 . His first See also:story, Heaps of See also:Money, appeared in 1877, and was followed by a See also:long See also:series of novels, many of which first appeared in the Temple Bar and Cornhill magazines . The best of his numerous novels are Mademoiselle de Mersac (188o), See also:Matrimony (1881), No New Thing (1883), My Friend Jim (1886), The See also:Rogue (1888), The See also:day, who married the daughter of See also:Lord See also:Chancellor See also:Rich, and Despotic See also:Lady (1895), See also:Matthew See also:Austin (1895), The Widower (1898), whose eldest son, Sir See also:John (c . 1551-1597), predeceased him . Nature's Comedian (1904), Pauline (1908) .

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