BRobert Barr

Robert Barr, (1849-1912) Scottish-born Canadian teacher, journalist, editor, humourist, and prolific author, best known for The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont: (1906) When I say I am called Valmont, the name will convey no impression to the reader, one way or another. My occupation is that of private detective in London, but if you ask any policeman in Paris who Valmont was he will likely be able to tell you, unless he is a recent recruit. If you ask him where Valmont is now, he may not know, yet I have a good deal to do with the Parisian police.--Chapter 1, "The Mystery of the Five Hundred Diamonds" Robert Barr was born on 16 September, 1849, in Barony Glasgow, Scotland, the son of Robert Barr, carpenter, and Jane nee Watson. The Barr family emigrated to Upper Canada in 1854 and settled on a farm in Muirkirk, Ontario.