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John Meade Falkner

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May 08, 1858 in The United Kingdom

died

July 22, 1932

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John Meade Falkner, the son of a country cleryman, was born in 1858. After taking his degree at Oxford, he went to Newcastle-upon-Tyne as a private tutor to the sons of Andrew Noble. When they had grown up he stayed on with the family, and entered the firm where Sir Andrew worked. He travelled a great deal for the firm, particularly to the Balkans, helping to export warships and armaments, for which he received many decorations from appreciative foreign governments.

Meade Falkner was a great collector of books, and an expert palaeographer - he even received a medal from the Pope for this. He was a benefactor to libraries, not only in England, but also to the Vatican library in Rome. He loved the small Cotswold town of Burford which it was sa...more

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Average rating: 3.68 · 615 ratings · 66 reviews · 8 distinct works

	Moonfleet 3.69 avg rating — 534 ratings — published 1898 — 85 editions	My rating:
	The Lost Stradivarius 3.36 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1972 — 33 editions	My rating:
	The Nebuly Coat by John Meade Falkner, Mark Valentine 4.07 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1988 — 23 editions	My rating:
	The Nebuly Coat and The Lost Stradivarius 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1954	My rating:
	Moonfleet and Other Works by J. Meade Falkner 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	3 Books By John Meade Falkner 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	My rating:
	A Midsummer Night's Marriage 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	A History of Oxfordshire 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:

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