Robert Eustace was the
pen name
A pen name or nom-de-plume is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name.
A pen name may be used to make the author's na ...
of Eustace Robert Barton (1869–1943), an English doctor and author of mystery and crime fiction with a theme of
scientific innovation. He also wrote as Eustace Robert Rawlings. Eustace often collaborated with other writers, producing a number of works with the author
L. T. Meade
Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith (1844–1914), writing under the pseudonym L. T. Meade, was a prolific writer of girls' stories. She was born in Bandon, County Cork, Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, of Nohoval, County ...
and others. He is credited as co-author with
Dorothy L. Sayers
Dorothy Leigh Sayers ( ; 13 June 1893 – 17 December 1957) was an English crime novelist, playwright, translator and critic.
Born in Oxford, Sayers was brought up in rural East Anglia and educated at Godolphin School in Salisbury and Somerv ...
of the novel ''
The Documents in the Case'', for which he supplied the main plot idea and supporting medical and scientific details.
Life
Barton was born in January 1869, the son of Alfred Bowyer Barton, FRCS, and Editha Helen Howell, of The Green, Hampton Court. He was educated at Barham House, Hastings. He first appeared in the
Medical Register
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in 1897. He qualified MRCS. He served in the
Royal Army Medical Corps
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On 15 November 2024, the corps was amalgamated with the Royal Army De ...
(Temporary Captain) and was awarded the Serbian
Order of St. Sava
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, 5th class. He was working in the County Mental Hospital, Gloucester, in 1932. He died in 1943.
[Twentieth Century Crime and Mystery Writers (Macmillan Reference Books), 1980]
Bibliography
*''A Master of Mysteries'' (1898) with L.T. Meade
*''The Secret of Emu Plain'' (1898) with L.T. Meade (Short Story, sequel to Master of Mysteries)
*''The Gold Star Line'' (1899)
*''The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings'' (1899) with L.T. Meade (Novel)
*''Miss Florence Cusack stories: The Arrest of Captain Vandeleur'' (1899) & ''The Outside Ledge'' (1900) with L.T. Meade (Short Stories)
*''The Sanctuary Club'' (1900)
*''Followed'' (1900) with L.T. Meade (Short Story)
*''The Man Who Disappeared'' (1901) with L.T. Meade (Short Story)
*''The Last Square (1902)'' with L.T. Meade (Short Story)
*''The Oracle of Maddox Street: The Dead Hand (1902) & Fingertips (1902)'' with L.T. Meade (Short Stories)
*''The Stolen Pearl (1903)'' with
Gertrude Warden
*''
The Sorceress of the Strand (Madame Sara)'' (1903) with L.T. Meade (three Short Stories: Madame Sara, Blood Red Cross, The Face of the Abott)
*''A Human Bacillus'' (1907)
*''The Tea-Leaf'' (1925) with
Edgar Jepson
Edgar Alfred Jepson (28 November 1863 – 12 April 1938) was an English author. He largely wrote mainstream adventure and detective fiction, but also supernatural and fantasy stories. He sometimes used the pseudonym R. Edison Page.
Early life
E ...
*''The Documents in the Case'' (1930) with Dorothy L. Sayers
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1854 births
1943 deaths
English crime fiction writers
English medical writers
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