Sullivan Black
(1720-1793)

Died aged c. 73

The author of the rediscovered Unnatural History of Selborne, and an amoral and disreputable contemporary of Rev Gilbert White (who lived opposite). Sullivan Black. The clue is in the name. Thinking of operettas, who was the writing partner of Mr Sullivan? Then what is the opposite of Black? Now put them together.

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Sullivan Black 1720-1793 Libertine, opium-eater, drunkard, duellist, gambler and wastrel lived and died here

High Street, Selborne, United Kingdom where they was