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R. J. H. (Robert John Henderson) De Loach
1873–1964
Best known for writing about John Burroughs and practical farm life, this Georgia author moved easily between literature and agriculture. His work reflects a lifelong love of the rural South, from sheep raising manuals to reflective nature writing.
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Rambles with John Burroughs
by R. J. H. (Robert John Henderson) De Loach
About the author
Born in Bulloch County, Georgia, in 1873, R. J. H. De Loach — Robert John Henderson De Loach — built a career that joined agricultural expertise with a strong literary side. Contemporary records connect him with agricultural work in Georgia, including service as director of an experiment station, and later collections of his papers preserve correspondence, clippings, photographs, and an inscribed copy of his book on John Burroughs.
As an author, he wrote Rambles with John Burroughs in 1912, a warm, personal work centered on the celebrated naturalist and essayist. He also co-authored Progressive Sheep Raising in 1918, showing a practical interest in farming and animal husbandry alongside his more reflective nature writing.
De Loach died in 1964. Though not widely known today, his books offer an appealing mix of firsthand rural experience, admiration for the natural world, and early twentieth-century Southern perspective.