| LC control no. | n 82137809 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PR5800-PR5804 |
| Personal name heading | Whyte-Melville, G. J. (George John), 1821-1878 |
| Variant(s) | Melville, G. J. Whyte- (George John Whyte-), 1821-1878 Whyte-Melville, George John, 1821-1878 |
| Other standard no. | Q5546247 |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Birth date | 1821-06-19 |
| Death date | 1878-12-06 |
| Place of birth | Strathkinness (Scotland) |
| Place of death | Pewsey, Vale of (England) |
| Field of activity | Fox hunting |
| Profession or occupation | Novelists |
| Found in | His The Brookes of Bridlemere, 1899. Hunting poems, 1911: t.p. (G.J. Whyte-Melville) Oxford dictionary of national biography WWW site, 14 Dec., 2016 (Melville, George John Whyte-, novelist and poet; born on 19 June 1821 at Strathkinness, Fife; he devoted himself to literature and field sports, especially fox-hunting, on which he soon came to be regarded as an authority; on 5 December 1878 he was hunting near the White Horse, in the Vale of Pewsey; the hounds had found a fox, and he was galloping along the grass headland of a ploughed field; his horse fell, and he broke his neck and was killed outright) <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29343> |
| Associated language | eng |
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