Surname: Jerrold Forename(s): William Blanchard b. 22 December 1826. d. 10 March 1884. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Playwright, poet, novelist, and journalist. Married Lavinia Lillie Blanchard on 26
June 1847. Reporter for Daily News, and also contributed to Illustrated London News, The Athenaeum, Douglas Jerrold’s Weekly Newspaper (his father’s publication), Household Words, and All the Year Round. Editor of Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper (from 1857). Resided periodically in Paris from mid-1850s. Biographical information:
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