Birth Date: 4 Nov 1862
An English author, born in India, <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eden_Phillpotts>Eden Phillpotts</a> worked as an insurance officer and studied for the stage before he took up writing, at which he was <a href=http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/eden-phillpotts/>prolific</a>. His most popular works were set in Dartmoor.