Riccardo Stephens was a Cornish physician, writer and student of the occult who settled in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he frequented Patrick Geddes' University Hall, at Ramsay Garden.
Stephens was secretary of Geddes' Edinburgh Summer School in 1895 and contributed poetry to The Evergreen (1895) and Elizabeth A. Sharp's Lyra Celtica (1896). His first novel, The Cruciform Mark (1896) is a Conan Doyle style mystery thriller which draws on his involvement with the Geddes circle.Riccardo Stephens was a Cornish physician, writer and student of the occult who settled in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he frequented Patrick Geddes' University Hall, at Ramsay Garden.
Stephens was secretary of Geddes' Edinburgh Summer School in 1895 and contributed poetry to The Evergreen (1895) and Elizabeth A. Sharp's Lyra Celtica (1896). His first novel, The Cruciform Mark (1896) is a Conan Doyle style mystery thriller which draws on his involvement with the Geddes circle....more