I hadn&#x27;t heard of him before I came across him in a novel (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Strange-Affair-Spring-Swinburne-Adventure&#x2F;dp&#x2F;1616142405" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Strange-Affair-Spring-Swinburne-Advent...</a>), and after that I had to read up on him. Quite a remarkable fellow.