Surname: Kent Forename(s): William Charles Mark b. 3 November 1823. d. 23 February 1902. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet, biographer, editor, miscellaneous writer, and journalist. Pseudonym: “Mark Rochester.”
Trained in law but did not practice. Editor of the Sun (1845-1871) and Weekly Register and Catholic Standard (1874-1881). Friend of Charles Dickens, and author of Charles Dickens as a Reader (1872). Received a civil-list pension in 1887. Biographical information: Lohrli 331;
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