Charles Ottley Groom Napier
1839–94
Tobago-born imposter. Wrote books and articles on natural history topics from a Christian viewpoint. Adopted the additional name Napier in 1865. Adopted the title prince of Mantua and Montferrat, and claimed descent from, among others, King David of Israel. Advocate of vegetarianism and teetotalism.
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ODNB.
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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