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English novelist and historical writer
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James
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George Pyne Rainsford
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2022-02-13T03:40:03.000Z
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Payne_Rainsford_James" class="extiw" title="en:George Payne Rainsford James">George Payne Rainsford James</a>. Library of Congress description: "G. P. R. James" Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Brady-Handy Photograph Collection. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpbh.02781. CALL NUMBER: LC-BH82- 5231 B <P&P>[P&P] Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
George Payne Rainsford James (9 August 1799 – 9 June 1860), was an English novelist and historical writer, the son of a physician in London. He was for many years British Consul at various places in the United States and on the Continent. He held the honorary office of British Historiographer Royal during the last years of William IV's reign.
Wikipedia contributors. "George Payne Rainsford James." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 9/29/2024, 5:14:25 AM. Web. 10/1/2024, 5:27:35 AM.
