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The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft · Character

Richard Hooker

Theologian mentioned in discussions of religious thought.

minor

Also known as Hooker

First appearance: i

Richard Hooker shows up with force in III. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Subject of the biography Ryecroft reads; a country-loving divine who wrote in rural solitude.
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