Richard Whiteing
- Writer
British writer Richard Whiteing was born in 1840 in London, the son of an Inland Revenue Officer and a mother who died when he was a child. He had three siblings--a sister who died in infancy and two brothers.
He published his first novel, "The Democracy", in 1876 under the name Whyte Thorne. He didn't achieve much success as a writer until his third novel, "No. 5 John Street", in 1899 (it was made into a film, No. 5 John Street (1921)).
In 1869 he married Helen Harris, whose father Townsend Harris was the first American ambassador to Japan. They had one child, a son Richard.
Richard Whiteing died in Hampstead, England, in 1928 at age 88.
He published his first novel, "The Democracy", in 1876 under the name Whyte Thorne. He didn't achieve much success as a writer until his third novel, "No. 5 John Street", in 1899 (it was made into a film, No. 5 John Street (1921)).
In 1869 he married Helen Harris, whose father Townsend Harris was the first American ambassador to Japan. They had one child, a son Richard.
Richard Whiteing died in Hampstead, England, in 1928 at age 88.