John Meade Falkner (1858-1932; ODNB), armaments manufacturer, medievalist expert, poet, novelist and writer of guidebooks; director, W.G. Armstrong & Co. (later Armstrong Whitworth), 1901-26, and chairman, 1915-20; resided in Divinity House, Palace Green, Durham, 1899-37; honorary librarian to Durham Cathedral dean and chapter, 1921-37; honorary reader in palaeography, Univ. of Durham, 1924-37; a memorial plaque to him inscribed in Latin is placed by the entrance to the refectory library in the Cathedral cloister at Durham; his best known novel, Moonfleet (1898) is still in print. See also V56 (PDF), 23 July 1932.

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See also Falkner [née Adye], Evelyn Violet