Surname: Smedley Forename(s): Frank Edward b. 4 October 1818. d. 1 May 1864. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet, novelist, and editor. Cousin of Menella Bute Smedley and Elizabeth Anna Hart.
Born in Buckinghamshire. Editor of Sharp’s Magazine and Cruikshank’s Magazine. Co-authored Mirth and Metre (1855) with Edmund Yates. Contributed to The Train. Biographical information: ODNB. (CC)