Social researcher and journalist. Born London. Joint founding editor with Mark Lemon, of the magazine 'Punch' and author of 'London Labour and the London Poor'. Born into a wealthy London family, of seventeen children. Died 8 Tavistock Street. Good article at London Historians.
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Henry Mayhew
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Henry Mayhew
Henry Mayhew, 1812 - 1887, founder of 'Punch' and author of 'London Labour an...
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J. Wisden & Co
Wisden's Almanack, the 'Bible of Cricket' was first published by John Wisden. It appears annually and contains a vast amount of information about English and overseas cricket, including scores of ...
Norman MacColl
Born Edinburgh. Journal editor and Spanish scholar. Editor of ‘The Athenaeum’ from 1871 to 1911. Following a tour of Spain in 1874, he dedicated himself to the study of Spanish literature. Died...
Edwin Arnold
Journalist and poet, Born at Gravesend. In 1852 he obtained the Newdigate prize for his first poem, 'The Feast of Belshazzar' ('High on a throne of ivory and gold, From crown to footstool clad in p...
William James Stillman
William James Stillman was born on 1 June 1828 in Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, USA, the youngest of the eleven children of William Stillman III (1779-1861) and Elizabeth Ward Stillman...
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