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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 |