Robert H. Rimmer

Biography

Robert Henry Rimmer was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Francis "Frank" Henry Rimmer and Blanche Rosealma Rochefort, and graduated from Bates College with a multi-disciplinary degree. After serving in World War II, he returned to the family printing business and later wrote his first novel 25 years later. His notable work, The Harrad Experiment, was adapted into a film in 1973, followed by a sequel in 1974.