R. Thurston (Robert Thurston) Hopkins

Born in Bury St Edmunds in 1884, Robert Thurston Hopkins was a British author whose work ranged widely across biography, topography, and supernatural writing. Sources consistently describe him as a notably prolific writer, and his subjects included major literary figures as well as the character of the English countryside.

He is especially remembered for biographical books on writers such as Oscar Wilde and Rudyard Kipling, along with works tied to rural England and local history. He also developed a reputation as a ghost hunter and collector of uncanny tales, a side of his writing that helped keep his name alive with readers interested in strange and atmospheric nonfiction.

Hopkins died in 1958. Although he is not as widely known today as some of the authors he wrote about, his mix of literary curiosity, love of place, and fascination with the paranormal gives his work a distinctive appeal.