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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: George Thomas Lowth

Author: George Thomas Lowth (1807–1893)

Biography: Geroge Thomas Lowth was born on 25 June 1807 in Hinton, Hampshire, the son of Rev. Robert Lowth and grandson of Robert Lowth, the Lord Bishop of London. He was a great traveler, writing books about Arabia (1855), France (1863), and Russia (1868). In addition, he wrote three novels. He spent most of his later years as a country gentleman. Lowth died on New Year's Eve 1893.

References: British Census (1881); Times (5 January 1894)

Fiction Titles:

  1. High Places.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1861.
  2. The Morrices: or, The Doubtful Marriage.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1871.
  3. The Immortal Schoolmaster.  1 vol.  London: Kerby and Endean, 1884.