![]() He married Annie Elizabeth Edwards in 1887 and they had two sons and after a few weeks of married life the couple found themselves in Accra on the Gold Coast where he was assistant surgeon. He became a medical trainee at Middlesex Hospital Medical College and was accepted as a member of the Royal College of Surgeons. ![]() He was originally named Richard and later added the Austin to his name. Richard Freeman was born in Soho, London on 11 April 1862 and was the son of Ann Maria (nee Dunn) and Richard Freeman, a tailor. The most famous of the Edwardian detective writers, he rescued the detective story from "thrillerdom" and made it acceptable to a more discerning class of reader. He also held posts in West Africa and later was a medical officer at Holloway Prison. Much of his long life was spent as a physician and surgeon at the Middlesex Hospital, London. Austin Freeman not only tested the wits of the reader but also inspired many modern detective forensic methods. A close and careful investigator and the outstanding medical authority in the field of detective fiction, R. Austin Freeman is the doyen of the scientific division of detective writing, is best known for his character Dr John Thorndyke. But when the piercing perception of the brilliant Dr Thorndyke is brought to bear on the mystery, the search begins for a man tattooed with the Eye of Osiris in this strange, tantalisingly enigmatic tale. Bellingham seems to have disappeared leaving clues, which lead all those hunting down blind alleys. ![]() John Bellingham is a world-renowned archaeologist who goes missing mysteriously after returning from a voyage to Egypt where fabulous treasures have been uncovered.
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