author
R. C. (Ralph Coffin) Richards
b. 1855
An early-20th-century writer whose work reached readers through Project Gutenberg, he is remembered today mostly through the surviving texts rather than a widely documented public life.
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Railroad Accidents, Their Cause and Prevention
by R. C. (Ralph Coffin) Richards
About the author
R. C. Richards, identified in some catalog records as Ralph Coffin Richards and born in 1855, appears to be a little-documented author whose surviving reputation rests mainly on his published writing.
The most easily confirmed modern source is his Project Gutenberg author listing, which preserves his name and work but offers very little personal background. That suggests he belongs to the large group of older authors whose books outlasted the biographical record.
Because reliable biographical details are scarce in the sources I could confirm here, it is safest to treat him as an obscure late-19th- or early-20th-century author rather than attach unverified claims about his life, career, or publications.