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William J. Palmer (born 1943) is a professor of English and the author of the Mr. Dickens series of Victorian murder mysteries. Academically Palmer has written books and articles on the nature of literary criticism and the history of film.Dr. Palmer received his doctorate in English from the University of Notre Dame in 1969 and taught at Purdue University beginning in 1969. He attained the rank of full professor there and is now professor emeritus. He received Purdue’s Charles B.