M R James
Montague Rhodes James
English
- As Noted In: 1000 Notable Short Stories, True Tales and Mezzobulas, Phantom
M R James was a notable English author, medievalist scholar and Academic administrator. - AsNotedIn
M R James was a notable English author, medievalist scholar and Academic administrator. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1862/08/01 | Montague Rhodes James is born in a Goodnestone, Dover, clergy house in Kent, England to Herbert James, an Evangelical Anglican clergyman, and Mary Emily (nee Horton), the daughter of a naval officer. | Born | Church Of The Holy Cross | Goodnestone | |||
| 1865/00/00 | Rev Herbert James serves as pastor at St Peter's Church in the village of Great Livermere. Rev James and family will reside in the rectory until 1909. | Home | Church Of St Peter | Great Livermere | |||
| 1873/09/00 | Montague James begins boarding at Temple Grove School. One of the leading boys' preparatory schools of its day, Temple Grove (razed) was located in East Sheen from 1810 to 1907. | Education | East Sheen | ||||
| 1876/09/00 | Montague James enters Eton College, an independent boarding and sixth form school for boys in the parish of Eton, near Windsor in Berkshire. | Education | Eton College | Eton | |||
| 1882/08/00 | Montague James graduates from Eton College. | Education | Eton College | Eton | |||
| 1887/00/00 | James supervises the rather poorly-executed excavation of Leontari Vouno, a hilltop site south of Nicosia. | Archeologist | Nicosia District | Cyprus | |||
| 1888/00/00 | Ernest Gardner and D G Hogarth, a future keeper of the Ashmolean Museum and mentor to T E Lawrence, excavate the Temple of Aphrodite at Old Paphos. M R James deciphers the inscriptions unearthed. | Archeologist | Archaeological Site of the Tombs of the Kings | Paphos | |||
| 1893/00/00 | Montague R James becomes director of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, staying at this position until 1908. | Work | Fitzwilliam Museum | Cambridge | |||
| 1893/10/28 | M R James reads "Canon Alberic's Scrap-book" at the Chitchat Society in Cambridge, England. | Author | Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book (short story) | ||||
| 1893/10/28 | Montague James reveals "Lost Hearts " at the Chitchat Society in Cambridge, England. | Author | Lost Hearts (short story) | ||||
| 1895/00/00 | From the Douai Register, James traces the burial places of 6 medieval Abbots of Bury including Samson. James: From the lie of the land I am inclined to believe that much of the crypt would be discovered, and ... the Abbots' tombs in the Chapter-house. | Archeologist | Ruins Of Abbey Church Of St Edmund | Bury St Edmunds | |||
| 1895/12/00 | M R James' "Lost Hearts" are discovered in Pall Mall Magazine VII, no 32. | Author | Lost Hearts (short story) | ||||
| 1903/01/01 | With excavations having begun in the winter of 1902, on New Year's Day 5 coffins and an additional body - the 6 Abbots James had predicted - are unearthed in the ruins of the chapter house. | Researcher | Ruins Of Abbey Church Of St Edmund | Bury St Edmunds | |||
| 1904/00/00 | "Count Magnus" appears in 'Ghost Stories of an Antiquary'. | Author | Count Magnus (short story) | ||||
| 1904/00/00 | "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" is published. | Author | Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad (short story) | ||||
| 1904/00/00 | "The Mezzotint" is published. | Author | The Mezzotint (short story) | ||||
| 1905/00/00 | Montague Rhodes James is appointed provost (senior academic administrator) of King's College, Cambridge. He will remain in the post until 1918. | Work | King's College, South Range Of First Court, Including The Library And The Former Provost's Lodge | King's College | |||
| 1910/00/00 | "The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral" is published. | Author | The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral (short story) | ||||
| 1911/00/00 | "A School Story" is published. | Author | A School Story (short story) | ||||
| 1911/00/00 | "Casting the Runes" is published in More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. | Author | Casting the Runes (short story) | ||||
| 1911/00/00 | "More Ghost Stories" by M R James is published by Edward Arnold. | Author | More Ghost Stories (short story collection) | ||||
| 1918/00/00 | Montague Rhodes James is appointed provost (senior academic administrator) of Eton College. He will remain in the post until 1936. | Work | Eton College | Eton | |||
| 1919/00/00 | "A Thin Ghost and Others" by M R James is published by Edward Arnold. | Author | A Thin Ghost and Others (short story collection) | ||||
| 1925/00/00 | "A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories" by M R James is published by Edward Arnold. | Author | A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories (short story collection) | ||||
| 1927/07/27 | Montague James reads "Wailing Well" at the Eton Boy Scouts' camp at Worbarrow Bay, Dorset. | Author | Wailing Well (short story) | Jurassic Coast | |||
| 1931/00/00 | "The Collected Ghost Stories of M R James" is published. | Author | The Collected Ghost Stories of M R James (short story collection) | ||||
| 1936/06/12 | Montague Rhodes James dies. He is buried in Eton town cemetery. | Died |
40 Creative Works by M R James »
| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
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| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
| Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1895/03/00 | |
| Lost Hearts (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1895/12/00 |
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| Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (short story collection) | Author | Short Story Collection | 1904/00/00 | |
| The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1904/00/00 |
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| The Ash Tree (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1904/00/00 | |
| Number 13 (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1904/00/00 | |
| The Mezzotint (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1904/00/00 |
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| Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1904/00/00 |
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| Count Magnus (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1904/00/00 |
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| The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1910/00/00 |
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| Martin's Close (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1911/00/00 | |
| More Ghost Stories (short story collection) | Author | Short Story Collection | 1911/00/00 | |
| A School Story (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1911/00/00 |
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| The Rose Garden (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1911/00/00 | |
| Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1911/00/00 | |
| Casting the Runes (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1911/00/00 |
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| The Tractate Middoth (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1911/00/00 | |
| The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1913/00/00 | |
| An Episode of Cathedral History (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1914/00/00 | |
| The Residence at Whitminster (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1919/00/00 | |
| A Thin Ghost and Others (short story collection) | Author | Short Story Collection | 1919/00/00 | |
| The Diary of Mr Poynter (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1919/00/00 | |
| Two Doctors (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1919/00/00 | |
| The Uncommon Prayer-Book (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1921/06/00 | |
| The Five Jars (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1922/00/00 | |
| The Haunted Dolls' House (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1923/02/00 | |
| A Neighbour's Landmark (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1924/00/00 | |
| After Dark in the Playing Fields (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1924/00/00 | |
| There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1924/00/00 | |
| An Evening's Entertainment (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1925/00/00 | |
| A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories (short story collection) | Author | Short Story Collection | 1925/00/00 | |
| A View from a Hill (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1925/05/00 | |
| A Warning to the Curious (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1925/08/00 | |
| Wailing Well (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1928/00/00 | |
| Rats (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1929/00/00 | |
| The Collected Ghost Stories of M R James (short story collection) | Author | Short Story Collection | 1931/00/00 | |
| The Experiment (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1931/00/00 | |
| The Malice of Inanimate Objects (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1933/00/00 | |
| A Vignette (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1936/00/00 | |
| The Fenstanton Witch (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1990/00/00 |
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