M. R. James

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M. R. James was an English medievalist scholar and author renowned for his influential ghost stories that helped define the modern supernatural horror genre.

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instanceOf ghost story writer
horror writer
human
medievalist
scholar
short story writer
writer
birthDate 1862-08-01
birthPlace Goodnestone, Kent, England
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathDate 1936-06-12
deathPlace Eton, Berkshire
surface form: Eton, Berkshire, England
educatedAt Eton College
King’s College, Cambridge
surface form: King's College, Cambridge
employer Eton College
King’s College, Cambridge
surface form: King's College, Cambridge

Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge
familyName James
fieldOfWork biblical apocrypha
ghost stories
medieval studies
palaeography
fullName Montague Rhodes James
genre ghost stories
horror fiction
supernatural fiction
givenName Montague
influenced Clark Ashton Smith
H. P. Lovecraft
Ramsey Campbell
Stephen King
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement modern ghost story tradition
nationality English
notableFor combining scholarly settings with supernatural horror
helping define the modern ghost story
notableWork A Thin Ghost and Others
A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories
Casting the Runes
Collected Ghost Stories
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
O, Whistle, and I'll Come to Ye, My Lad
surface form: Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad

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occupation academic
author
librarian
medievalist
positionHeld Provost of Eton College
Provost of King's College, Cambridge
religion Anglicanism
writingStyle subtle, understated supernatural horror set in scholarly or antiquarian contexts

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Sheridan Le Fanu influenced M. R. James
Nigel Kneale influencedBy M. R. James
Ramsey Campbell influencedBy M. R. James