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Bonnyrigg — For the Sydney suburb of the same name in New South Wales, Australia, see Bonnyrigg, New South Wales. Bonnyrigg is a town in Midlothian, Scotland, eight miles (13 kilometres) southeast of Edinburgh city centre. The town had a population of 11,260 … Wikipedia
Cockpen — COCKPEN, a parish, in the county of Edinburgh, 3 miles (S. by W.) from Dalkeith; containing, with the villages of Bonnyrigg, Dalhousie, Gowkshill, Hillhead, Hunterfield, Polton Street, Prestonholme, Skiltiemuir, Stobhill Engine, and Westmill,… … A Topographical dictionary of Scotland
Loanhead — (pop. 6,900) is a small town in Midlothian, Scotland, to the south of Edinburgh, and close to Roslin, Bonnyrigg and Dalkeith.The town was built on coal and shale mining, and paper making. HistoryIt was a tiny village by about 1600, when it was… … Wikipedia
Dr Thorndyke — Dr John Evelyn Thorndyke is a fictional detective in a long series of novels and short stories by R. Austin Freeman (1862 1943). Thorndyke was described by his author as a medical jurispractitioner : originally a medical doctor, he turned to the… … Wikipedia
Thomas De Quincey — from the frontispiece of Revolt of the Tartars … Wikipedia
Amazing Stories — was an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback s Experimenter Publishing. It was the first magazine devoted solely to science fiction. Before Amazing , science fiction stories had made regular appearance in… … Wikipedia
R. Austin Freeman — R(ichard) Austin Freeman (April 11, 1862 London September 28, 1943 Gravesend) was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico legal forensic investigator Dr Thorndyke. He invented the inverted detective story (a crime… … Wikipedia
Richard Austin Freeman — (* 11. April 1862 in Marylebone, London, England; † 28. September 1943 in Gravesend, Grafschaft Kent, England) war ein britischer Kriminal Schriftsteller. Er schrieb seine Romane und Kurzgeschichten auch unter dem Kürzel R. Austin Freeman, Austin … Deutsch Wikipedia
