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Innes, Hammond

Pseudonym used by the British novelist Ralph Hammond-Innes who was born in Horsham, Sussex, to Scottish parents. He attended Cranbrook School in Kent between 1927 and 1931 after which he did odd jobs, including working as a journalist. Between 1934 and 1940 he was employed at Financial News, later the Financial Times, in London. He also wrote novels to add to his income, and he published the...

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Archie (Archibald) Cribb

Gender: Male

Usually he is just called Sergeant Cribb, and has several given names: he has been called Richard as well as Daniel, but according to author Peter Lovesey his real name is Archibald and he is called ‘Archie’. He is middle-aged and stubborn, and works for Scotland Yard in London in the days of Queen Victoria. By his side he has his patient ‘Watson’, detective constable Edward Thackeray.

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