1902

Francis Bret Harte

Countries: USA

American writer, best know for his accounts of pioneering life in California. Born New York. Came to London in 1885 via Germany and Glasgow. Buried at Frimley, Surrey.

Some sources, contradicting the plaque at Leinster Terrace, say he died in Camberley.

2025: Mike Coleman looked out Harte's burial record and his abode was given as "The Red House Camberley". We found a photo of that house at Facebook and Flickr. The Life of Bret Harte explains that Harte became great friends with the Van de Veldes whose house it was and that he often stayed there. Nowhere can we find the address of The Red House.

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