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R. H. (Robert Hoskins) Crozier
1836–1913
A Presbyterian minister who also turned to fiction, he brought theology, war, and moral conflict into his writing. His best-known novel, Deep Waters; Or, A Strange Story, reflects the seriousness and drama of a life shaped by faith and the American South.
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Deep Waters; Or, A Strange Story
by R. H. (Robert Hoskins) Crozier
About the author
Born in Coffeeville, Mississippi, on January 28, 1836, Robert Hoskins Crozier studied at the University of Mississippi, earning degrees there before beginning his career in education. He served as principal of Eureka Male Academy and later became a Presbyterian minister, a calling that remained central to his life and writing.
During the Civil War, he served in the Confederate army and was eventually captured and imprisoned at Johnson's Island. After the war, he continued his work in the ministry and held pastorates in several places, including in Texas, where he spent much of his later life.
Crozier wrote both religious works and fiction. He is best remembered today for Deep Waters; Or, A Strange Story (1887), a novel that blends romance, spiritual struggle, and the long shadow of the Civil War. He died in Palestine, Texas, on November 16, 1913.