b. 18 July 1811. d. 23 December 1863. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet, novelist, illustrator, and critic. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. Friends
with Henry Alford, William Brookfield, Richard Monckton Milnes, Edward Fitzgerald,
and Alfred Tennyson. Acquainted with Charles Dickens. Married Isabella Gethin Shawe
on 20 August 1836. Author of *Vanity Fair* (1847) and *Barry Lyndon* (1844). Became
a member of the Garrick Club (1833). Editor of *Cornhill Magazine* (1860-1862). Biographical
information: *ODNB*. (CC)