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Edric Holmes
1873–1949
Best known for vivid books on Sussex, Wessex, and the countryside around London, this early 20th-century travel writer paired local history with a close eye for landscape. His work often blended description, illustration, and a strong sense of place.
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Seaward Sussex: The South Downs from End to End
by Edric Holmes
About the author
Edric Edwin Holmes was a British non-fiction topographical author, born around 1873 and dead on May 14, 1949. He is chiefly remembered for books that explored regions of southern England in a lively, observant way, including Seaward Sussex, Wanderings in Wessex, and London's Countryside.
His writing focused on place rather than plot: coastlines, villages, roads, customs, and the layers of history visible in the landscape. Some of his books were also illustrated with his own drawings, which helped give them the feel of a guided journey as much as a work of description.
Holmes's books have stayed in circulation through projects such as Project Gutenberg, which has helped keep his regional writing available to modern readers. A clear portrait image could not be confirmed from the sources I found, so no profile image is included.