William Makepeace Thackeray

Born July 18, 1811· Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]

† Died December 24, 1863

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Emerging from a Calcutta childhood and a schooling path that passed through Charterhouse and a brief stint at Cambridge, he turned to journalism after squandering his inheritance on gambling and failed newspapers, contributing art criticism, sketches, and longer pieces to Fraser’s Magazine, The Times and other periodicals. His satirical novels, especially the panoramic social portrait Vanity Fair… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources