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H. A. Ripley

Full name Harold Austin Ripley.
Harold Austin “Rip” Ripley is best known for his daily column in the Chicago Tribune called "Minute Mysteries," featuring Professor Fordney. The series was syndicated in more than 100 newspapers and collected into several popular books.
Ripley also developed a feature for Look magazine called "Photo Crime," in which readers could attempt to solve cases with detective Hannibal Cobb based on clues in one or more photographs and a few short paragraphs of description.

He was born in the District of Columbia. His parents were George Howard Ripley and Julia C. Waters.
"Rip" was married twice. He was briefly married in the early 1920s to character actress Mabel Ida Albertson. He met his his second wife, Leone M. Johannes, while they were both working at the Chicago Tribune. They were married in December 1933. They moved to Dunn, Wisconsin, in 1938, where they remained until Rip's death in 1974.

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Born 25 July 1896
Died 11 April 1974

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    First published in 1976 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The life story of Austin Ripley: founder of Guest House

    First published in 1976 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Solve-It-Yourself Mystery Megapack: 123 Crimes You Can Solve Yourself!

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  • Cover of: Detectograms and other puzzles

    First published in 1983 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Leer, pensar y hablar: misterios y problemas para la práctica de la conversación

    First published in 1963 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Minute mysteries <detectograms>

    First published in 1932 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Misterios y problemas para la práctica de la conversación.

    First published in 1946 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Mystery puzzles: more "minute mysteries"

    First published in 1937 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Minute mysteries

    First published in 1949 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: How Good a Detective Are You

    First published in 1977 — 1 edition
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Born 25 July 1896
Died 11 April 1974

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Detective and mystery stories, Puzzles, Readers, Spanish language, Alcohol use, Alcoholics, Alcoholics Anonymous, Alcoholism, Biography, Clergy, Detectives, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords, General

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  • Austin Ripley
  • H.A. Ripley
  • H A Ripley
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  • Harold Austin Ripley

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February 4, 2024 Edited by M C W Edited without comment.
February 4, 2024 Edited by M C W Added dates, bio
September 5, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import