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Biography:
1862-1936, scholar and a short-story writer, he was also a brilliant linguist, paleographer, biblical scholar and medievalist.
Full name is Montague Rhodes James. He was educated at Eton and at King's College, Cambridge, where he received many scholarships. From 1894 to 1908 he was Provost of King's College, and from 1913 to 1915 he was Vice-Chancellor. In 1918 he became Provost at Eton. He was awarded the Order of Merit in 1930.
Collections:
Anthologies:
- Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries, the (1936)
- Hauntings: Tales of the Supernatural (1968)
- From the Archives of Evil: Number 2 (1976)
- Specter! (1982)
- Black Water (1983)
- Young Ghosts (1985)
- Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories, the (1986)
- Penguin Book of Vampire Stories, the (1987)
- Dark Descent, the (1987)
- Vampire Stories (1992)
- Mammoth Book of Zombies, the (1993)
- Tales from the Rogues' Gallery (1994)
- Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories, the (1994)
- Oxford Book of Twentieth-century Ghost Stories (1996)
- 100 Tiny Tales of Terror (1996)
- Young Oxford Book of Supernatural Stories, the (1996)
- Sins of the Fathers: an Anthology of Clerical Crime (1997)
- 100 Fiendish Little Frightmares (1997)
- Oxford Book of English Short Stories, the (1998)
- Treasury of the Fantastic, the (2001)
- In the Stacks (2002)
- Gothic Short Stories (2002)
- 13 Best Horror Stories of All Time, the (2002)
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Links:
- M. R. James Page :: authosrized page, including texts, information, notes on similar writers, and links
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