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Silas Kitto Hocking

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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"SILAS KITTO HOCKING (1850-), English novelist, was born at St. Stephen's, Corn., March 24 1850 and educated at the local grammar school. He was ordained as a Free Church minister in 1870 but resigned his pastorate in 1896. Both he and his younger brother, Joseph Hocking (b. Nov. 7 1860), who had a similar upbringing for the Nonconformist ministry, became pro - lific writers of widely read novels with a distinct religious note. Among those of Silas Hocking were Alec Green (1878); Who Shall Judge? (1910); His Own Accuser (1917) and Watchers in the Dawn (1920). Among those of Joseph Hocking were Jabez Easterbrook (1891); Zillah ( 892); The Scarlet Woman (1899) Tommy and the Maid of Athens (1917) and The Pomp of Yesterday (1918).

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Silas Kitto Hocking'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​s/silas-kitto-hocking.html. 1910.
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