Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure fiction romances set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a pioneer of the lost world literary genre. He was also involved in land reform throughout the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature and including the eighteen Allan Quatermain stories beginning with King Solomon's Mines, continue to be popular and influential.
- Occupation
- writer, novelist, screenwriter, science fiction writer
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- June 22, 1856, 1856
- Died
- May 14, 1925, 1925
