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William Pett Ridge died, aged 71, at his home, Ampthill, Willow Grove, Chislehurst, on 29 September 1930 and was cremated at West
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All his friends considered Pett Ridge to be one of life's natural bachelors. They were rather surprised therefore in 1909 when he married Olga
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Pett Ridge completed over sixty volumes of novels, short stories, and two memoirs. But by the end of his life his popularity had waned. George
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William Pett Ridge also wrote a play titled "Four small plays"; one of the originals is in the ownership of direct descendants of his.
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