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Thomas Head Raddall

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Born:
November 13, 1903, Hythe, Kent, England
Died:
April 1, 1994, Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada (aged 90)

Thomas Head Raddall (born November 13, 1903, Hythe, Kent, England—died April 1, 1994, Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada) was an English-Canadian novelist, who accurately depicted the history, manners, and idiom of Nova Scotians. Raddall immigrated to Nova Scotia with his family in 1913 after his father, a military officer, was transferred to Halifax. The younger Raddall was briefly employed as a wireless operator before becoming a bookkeeper in a paper mill in 1922; his various jobs later provided material for his stories. He began writing as a hobby and by 1938 was writing full time. John Buchan, the British author and ...(100 of 217 words)

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