, 1864-01-09
william nIakepeace Thackcray,

William Makeneace Tbocec,,v ~ rnr,,.,
novelist, 1ras born In Calcutto n 1s11 ne-
sccnded from, An o1d family of Yorleh;rc That
has ,,;vcn several ronto-e ~ scholars tn tn
church Of ENGLAND. his orand,ather was rec-
tor of Hnd1ey In bfidd7esex. and his father
was cnpaped in the cfyn service of the East
1ndia comnany. he vas sent to ENGLAND in
his 7th ycar. Ind a view Of Napoleon at St,
Helena on his wav, and was placed at the
Chalterhousc school in London. From the
Charterhousc he went to the university Of
Cambridge, but did not take his decree: In
hcr;tcd a for.unc Of eo1 nm m com,no or
aao choso ~ ~ 10 ,-ofses,o sns - -
~.ose 80, ~. nn P4oieostoA' a.o way
eieo anu stuaaeo 1of several years IN France,
1taiy, and Germany. In 16SSo-'31 he lived ut
Weimar, saw Goethe, purchased schiller's
swota; M ,a ano oeasn1ea @ N maxi masing carleatnres
lor enna.en, some o, "neh ne iound ,saa stu
preserved on revieftfns the place In 1858.
"reminiscences of his early art studies are In
terwoyen into his 1lctions, mauy Of which
orc ;t1netratcd hv 1,1a c7r, -,.1n,,, hr+ -
shanaaned 30 r,rofoe+ - haaa,",a psns w. ~
4o4l1ouea ue piojeel y. necomang probes
sional artist soon after his return to England.
His fortune was greatly rcduced by losses
md unsuccessful epeculatIoEs. and before
his 3{}tt year he had set himself -eso1nte1v ia
n1efa1atc as Ms vocation. His progress 70
general recognition was SLOW, though from
the first he gave signs of his peculiar powers.
He is understood to have written for the
.tTimea,, Wills It was edited hv parnas and
ras er+,,,,,~ oo1naotos -rs+t - s.ha.4ssne ane
journals. BE contributed to "Fraser's Mag
azfnc," under the pscudonymes Of Michael
Angelo Titmarsb. and Georre Fitz.Rooa1e
Fae ! vnr;o+r ID +o1as nr;t;e,.,1s 5"ss.s
tive eketc1es md nd verses , which n-orea ssI ,,Fs
l,nnw}n7oe of +he world doi;,.+o f-o,-- ..,5
master of a n,avfn1 rat .1ooro-s stn;. =.
this periodical appeared uTRc Great Horrartv
Diamond" in 1911, . thoroughly genial satirc.
With a tone at once Of ridlcule and Of pathos
t3.a 1as easnsst sePasate pnoneanons, 'A'o under
ncr md sre;chcr ,raI q ~ P@asa S,.ota cosh
Book e vols, 1S4ol: 1.-THE Second Fnncro1
Of Napoleon" and II The Chronicle Of the
Drum {le1l, the latter being one Of his
Rncs.,, 70 a1 p1eces ana 1he lrlsa sketch
nGon ta;oaa , 1 1olst, !94S1. N9ne OF thcse at-
~ s4su ~, 9 PoputaIts, lnoug1 1ne iast mas some
s,a.a1 tI na4Rlsen soucnGs oo1A =! nus pen ana
H. iast - ~ nte+ +esa3 nar3 L5naon, one o.
rontnres Of S an eis Irish ra,nar ana NE aa-
1,uior .Tne va " aa.4h tnm gaup1e1 ana aol1ane~
= s,s's 1 Sonta99tsa tn3t " fltz1boodie 20
.st1 tne Es es.aonsl1oent q func1' IN
,,o,a vPhu III ~ an LEV nclu, ana ms pa
p, PIP ~ ,s.4a te Pst.oo1eM epeea1ty acquired pe-
cnnat ostactaon " 4 4 4is nEst series, under the
s1 sslSnatu!e o. .s Inc fat Gontraputor, were
1o4!oNea py Jeames,6 Dlafy, In which he
LOOKS al socie1y from 1he 1ootman's point Of
view, ana inc snon fapers. which gave
.l 10 nm an ,i ,1i9acpende9t reputation Us social
sanr3st, ~Mie they added to TIC SUCCESS aud
saIasmty Of funeh." Many Of his contribu-
1ions were N verse, and showed his dexterous
command OF rhyme and OF ludlcrous ortho-
graphy.
Among the works that will longest preserve
his fame as a humorous and sat;r5ca1 v-,;tcr
ore pcn5cnn;s Van;fr Fs;r Ths Na1.o,aa-
~. Ts..-:N.s AAss, ~ Aae Ne"cotnes.
Inc sfglnlaos, and IAc Adventures OF
Philip; MI widely known to American read
crs, us having been published in serials aud In
magazine pages on this side the water somc
or III 1,opnTest II ;1,1.+re.to1. % @ NC ~ oms
44"rpI'. AA1ae ~ a.loAo ~ Anachetay
ToiHs are " himself. nc visited the United
States few years since and won added liter
asy reputation as a lecturer.
Tie charactcrs of I1,ackerar arr srner,,,v
described. not bT tier .1reat nnaiities -
leading habits, but by snail pecnliarities
afIectafiops. OF wca1;ncssca. Hc shows no
more Of 1lis ncrsonnges i'm ,n1eht he os,tf' ~