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AUTHORS: William Makepeace Thackeray |
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| William Makepeace Thackeray was born
in 1811, in Calcutta, India. When he was six he
was sent to live in a private school in
Southampton. In 1829 he attended Trinity College
in Cambridge, afterwards unsuccessfully
attempting to become an artist. In 1836,
Thackeray married Isabella Shawe, and in London
in 1837 they had their first child of three, the
second child dying very young. It was in the
1840’s that Thackeray began to be recognized
as a writer. In 1863 he died due to heart
troubles that he had had for some time. List Of Works: The Yellowplush Papers - c. 1840 A Shabby Genteel Story - c. 1840 The Great Hoggarty Diamond - c. 1840 The Snobs of Britain - 1846 Vanity Fair - 1848 |