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Born | Glasgow, Lanarkshire | 13 November 1841
Died | 10 December 1898 Brighton, Sussex | (aged 57)
Nationality | Scottish |
Occupation | novelist |
Notable work | A Daughter of Heth (1871) A Princess of Thule (1873) |
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William Black (13 November 1841 – 10 December 1898) was a novelist born in Glasgow, Scotland. During his lifetime, Black's novels were immensely popular and compared favourably with those of Anthony Trollope. However, his fame and popularity did not survive long into the 20th century.