Robert Eustace was the
pen name
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of Eustace Robert Barton (1854–1943), an English doctor and author of mystery and crime fiction with a theme of
scientific innovation
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. He also wrote as Eustace Robert Rawlings. Eustace often collaborated with other writers, producing a number of works with the author
L. T. Meade
L. T. Meade was the pseudonym of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith (1844–1914), a prolific writer of girls' stories. She was born in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, of Nohoval, County Cork. Stephen Brown: A Reader's ...
and others. He is credited as co-author with
Dorothy L. Sayers
Dorothy Leigh Sayers (; 13 June 1893 – 17 December 1957) was an English crime writer and poet. She was also a student of classical and modern languages.
She is best known for her mysteries, a series of novels and short stories set between th ...
of the novel ''
The Documents in the Case
''The Documents in the Case'' is a 1930 novel by Dorothy L. Sayers and Robert Eustace. It is the only one of Sayers's twelve major crime novels not to feature Lord Peter Wimsey, her most famous detective character. However, the forensic analys ...
'', for which he supplied the main plot idea and supporting medical and scientific details.
Life
Barton was born in January 1869, the son of Alfred Bowyer Barton, FRCS, and Editha Helen Howell, of The Green, Hampton Court. He was educated at Barham House, Hastings. He first appeared in the
Medical Register
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in 1897. He qualified MRCS. He served in the
Royal Army Medical Corps
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(Temporary Captain) and was awarded the Serbian
Order of St. Sava
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, 5th class. He was working in the County Mental Hospital, Gloucester, in 1932. He died in 1943.
[Twentieth Century Crime and Mystery Writers (Macmillan Reference Books), 1980]
Bibliography
*''A Master of Mysteries'' (1898) with L.T. Meade
*''The Secret of Emu Plain'' (1898) with L.T. Meade (Short Story, sequel to Master of Mysteries)
*''The Gold Star Line'' (1899)
*''The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings'' (1899) with L.T. Meade (Novel)
*''Miss Florence Cusack stories: The Arrest of Captain Vandeleur (1899) & The Outside Ledge (1900) with L.T. Meade (Short Stories)
*''The Sanctuary Club'' (1900)
*''Followed'' (1900) with L.T. Meade (Short Story)
*''The Man Who Disappeared'' (1901) with L.T. Meade (Short Story)
*''The Last Square (1902)'' with L.T. Meade (Short Story)
*''The Oracle of Maddox Street: The Dead Hand (1902) & Fingertips (1902)'' with L.T. Meade (Short Stories)
*''The Stolen Pearl (1903)'' with
Gertrude Warden
Gertrude Warden (1859–1925) was an English actress and writer, who wrote over 30 novels under her stage name, her name at birth being Gertrude Isobel Price and her married name Mrs John Wilton Jones.
Life
Warden began life as Gertrude Isobel ...
*''The Sorceress of the Strand (Madame Sara)'' (1903) with L.T. Meade (three Short Stories: Madame Sara, Blood Red Cross, The Face of the Abott)
*''A Human Bacillus'' (1907)
*''The Tea-Leaf'' (1925) with
Edgar Jepson
Edgar Alfred Jepson (28 November 1863 – 12 April 1938) was an English author. He largely wrote mainstream adventure and detective fiction, but also supernatural and fantasy stories. He sometimes used the pseudonym R. Edison Page.
Early life
E ...
*''The Documents in the Case'' (1930) with Dorothy L. Sayers
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1854 births
1943 deaths
English crime fiction writers
British medical writers
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