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Dornford Yates
Novelist, Author
1885 – 1960
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Who was Dornford Yates?
Dornford Yates was the pseudonym of the British novelist, Cecil William Mercer, whose novels and short stories, some humorous, some thrillers, were best-sellers in the 21-year interwar period between the First and Second world wars. The pen name, Dornford Yates, first in print in 1910, resulted from combining the surnames of his grandmothers – the paternal Eliza Mary Dornford, and the maternal Harriet Yates.
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- Born
- Aug 7, 1885
Walmer - Also known as
- Cecil William Mercer
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Bettine Stokes Edwards
(1919/10/22 - 1933/09) - Doreen Elizabeth Lucie Bowie
(1934/02/10 - 1960/03/05)
- Bettine Stokes Edwards
- Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- University College, Oxford
- Harrow School
- Lived in
- Walmer
- Died
- Mar 5, 1960
Mutare
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on July 23, 2013
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