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John Richard Jefferies (6 November 1848 – 14 August 1887) was an English nature writer, noted for his depiction of English rural life in essays, books of natural history, and novels. His childhood on a small Wiltshire farm had a great influence on him and provides the background to all his major works of fiction.
(John) Richard Jefferies (6 November 1848 - 14 August 1887) is best known for his prolific and sensitive writing on natural history, rural life and agriculture in late Victorian England. However, a closer examination of his career reveals a many-sided author who was something of an enigma.
Richard Jefferies was a visionary writer who celebrated the beauty and mystery of nature. Discover his inspiring legacy at the Richard Jefferies Museum, a charming cottage where he lived and wrote. Learn more about his life, philosophy and works at the home of the Richard Jefferies Society.
Richard Jefferies, who appears to have been the first person to use the phrase ‘wild life’ to describe the natural world in 1879, is one of England’s greatest ever nature writers. But what is less well-known is that he was also a novelist.
Richard Jefferies (born November 6, 1848, near Swindon, Wiltshire, England—died August 14, 1887, Goring-by-Sea, Sussex) was an English naturalist, novelist, and essayist whose best work combines fictional invention with expert observation of the natural world.
Jun 8, 2023 · No one has captured the ineffable transcendence of such a moment more vividly and passionately than the great British nature writer Richard Jefferies (November 6, 1848–August 14, 1887) — a man of uncommon sensitivity to beauty, who died at the age I am now, having lived a life electric with wonder.
Explore the biography of Richard Jefferies, a visionary nature writer who celebrated the beauty and mystery of nature. Learn about his life, works, and philosophy.
Richard Jefferies, 1848-1887. Photographed at the age of thirty when he had started to achieve fame as a nature writer. Jefferies' interest in the countryside was first stimulated by his father, a patriotic, principled man, who showed him all the wonders of England's natural heritage.
(John) Richard Jefferies (1848-1887) is best known for his prolific and sensitive writing on natural history, rural life and agriculture in late Victorian England. However, a closer examination of his career reveals a many-sided author who was something of an enigma.
Richard L. Jefferies (born March 1956) is an American screenwriter, film producer, film director and editor. He wrote and executive produced Cold Creek Manor. He was a screenwriter on Tron Legacy for Disney Studios and directed the 2008 Syfy Original film Living Hell.
