Richard Adams Locke

Birth: 21 Sep 1800
East Brent, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, England
Death: 16 Feb 1871 (aged 70)
New Brighton, Richmond County, New York, USA
Burial: Silver Mount Cemetery

Sunnyside, Richmond County, New York, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 98511141 View Source

Famous Author. He is most remembered today for the "Great Moon Hoax" of 1835.

Source of birth & death information: The online "SFE: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction"

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Esther Bowring Locke

1811–1888

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