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Clifford Halifax
1860–1921
A doctor by trade and a storyteller by instinct, this late-Victorian writer is best remembered for brisk, suspenseful mysteries written with L. T. Meade. The name “Clifford Halifax” was a pen name, adding an extra layer of intrigue to fiction already full of strange cases and sharp twists.
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Dr. Rumsey's patient : $b a very strange story
by L. T. Meade, Clifford Halifax
About the author
Clifford Halifax was the pseudonym of Edgar Beaumont (1860–1921), a British physician and author. He is chiefly known for collaborative fiction with L. T. Meade, especially mystery and sensation stories that often drew on medical themes.
Their work included Stories from the Diary of a Doctor, along with other tales and novels published in the 1890s. Beaumont’s medical background helped give these stories a convincing edge, blending professional detail with melodrama, crime, and the fast pace popular with magazine readers of the time.
Today, Clifford Halifax is remembered less as a public literary personality than as a distinctive byline from the golden age of popular magazine fiction. For listeners who enjoy Victorian mysteries, occult touches, and clever case-based storytelling, his work still has plenty of charm.