death_date death_place influenced birth_place subject influences nationality notableworks name birth_date period signature genre image article_title birth_name occupation
14 may 1925 london , england edgar r. tolkien , robert e. howard , carl jung , rice joseph conrad , henry miller , rudyard kipling , george burroughs lucas , , c.s. lewis , j. r. bradenham , norfolk , england africa robert louis stevenson , british '' king solomon 's mines '' , sir h. rider haggard 22 june 1856 19th & 20th century henry rider haggard signature.svg adventure , historical , fantasy , fables , romance , sci-fi henry rider haggard 03.jpg h. rider haggard
 henry rider haggard novelist , scholar
h. rider haggard

sir henry rider haggard , kbe -lrb- ; 22 june 1856 -- 14 may 1925 -rrb- -- known as h. rider haggard -- was an english writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations , predominantly africa , and a pioneer of the lost world literary genre .
he was also involved in agricultural reform throughout the british empire .
his stories , situated at the lighter end of victorian literature , continue to be popular and influential .
