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Sir Anthony Hope

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Sir Anthony Hope

Original Name
Anthony Hope Hawkins
Birth
Lower Clapton, London Borough of Hackney, Greater London, England
Death
8 Jul 1933 (aged 70)
Walton-on-the-Hill, Reigate and Banstead Borough, Surrey, England
Burial
Leatherhead, Mole Valley District, Surrey, England Add to Map
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Novelist. He was popular during the 1890's for his historical romances set in fictitious South-Eastern European country of Ruritania, of which "The Prisoner of Zenda" (1894) is the best remembered. Hope was born in London and educated at Oxford, where he trained as a lawyer. He practised until 1894, when he started writing full time after the success of his work. During the First World War he produced propaganda for the Ministry of Information, for which he was knighted.
Novelist. He was popular during the 1890's for his historical romances set in fictitious South-Eastern European country of Ruritania, of which "The Prisoner of Zenda" (1894) is the best remembered. Hope was born in London and educated at Oxford, where he trained as a lawyer. He practised until 1894, when he started writing full time after the success of his work. During the First World War he produced propaganda for the Ministry of Information, for which he was knighted.

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  • Originally Created by: Bunny Boiler
  • Added: May 1, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14144440/anthony-hope: accessed ), memorial page for Sir Anthony Hope (9 Feb 1863–8 Jul 1933), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14144440, citing St Mary and St Nicholas Churchyard, Leatherhead, Mole Valley District, Surrey, England; Maintained by Find a Grave.