Harry Blyth
Harry Blyth | |
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| Born | 1852 Woolwich, London, England |
| Died | 9 February 1898 |
| Pen name | Hal Meredith |
| Occupation | Writer, editor, journalist |
| Period | 1876–1898 |
| Genre | Detective fiction, adventure fiction |
Henry Thomas (Harry) Blyth (January 1852 – February 1898) was a British journalist, novelist, playwright, and editor, best remembered as the creator of the fictional detective Sexton Blake. A prolific contributor to newspapers, Victorian penny papers and Alfred Harmsworth's early boys' periodicals, Blyth's fast-paced, melodramatic tales were quite popular in late 19th-century Britain and were also republished in newspapers in Australia.