Ballantyne

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Ballantyne [ˈbælənˌtaɪn]

(Biographies / Ballantyne, R(obert)M(ichael) (1825-1894) M, British, WRITING: children's author) R(obert) M(ichael). 1825-94, British author, noted for such adventure stories as The Coral Island (1857)

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