James Mortimer (April 22, 1833 – February 24, 1911) was an American chess player, journalist, and playwright who spent the last 40 years of his life in Britain.
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“In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.”
—Henry James (1843–1816)
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—John Mortimer (b. 1923)