Gilbert Abbott à Beckett
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English barrister and humorist (1811-1856)
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- Born
- 17 February 1811
- Died
- August 1856
- Works
- 103
Top works
- Jack Brag
- The postilion
- Glitter
- The comic Blackstone of "Punch."
- Peter Wilkins, or, The loadstone rock and the flying Indians
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Occupation
- journalist
- Educated at
- Westminster School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Gilbert Abbott à Beckett.jpg
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- place of burial
- Highgate Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1811-01-09
- date of death
- 1856-08-30
- cause of death
- typhoid fever
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Gilbert Abbott à Beckett
- writing language
- English language
- different from
- Gilbert Arthur à Beckett
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