Person    | Male  Born 25/11/1812  Died 25/7/1887

Henry Mayhew

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

Henry Mayhew, 1812 - 1887, founder of 'Punch' and author of 'London Labour an...

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Darcus Howe

Darcus Howe

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James Wilson

James Wilson

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'All the Year Round'

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Scipio Africanus Mussabini

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A. Macmillan & Co.

A. Macmillan & Co.

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