b. 1 June 1816. d. 2 January 1888. Nationality: English.
Poet and novelist. Born in London. Worked as a senior clerk in the Phoenix Fire Office.
Married twice, Frances Barker in 1841 and Emma Rowton in 1849. Author of *Belief and
Unbelief: A Tale for the Sceptical* (1840) and *Schism and Repentance: A Subject in
Season* (1844). Biographical information: *At the Circulating Library*. (CC)