The Reader’s Notebook: Robert Smith Surtees

May 17, 2017 — Robert Smith Surtees was an English editor, novelist and sporting writer, widely known as R. S. Surtees. He was the second son of…

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May 17, 2017
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May 17, 2017 — Robert Smith Surtees was an English editor, novelist and sporting writer, widely known as R. S. Surtees. He was the second son of Anthony Surtees of Hamsterley Hall, a member of an old County Durham family. 

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