R. S. Surtees (1803–1865)
Auteur van Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour
Over de Auteur
Robert Smith Surtees was born on May 17, 1803 to a Durham (England) hunting family. Educated to be a solicitor, Surtees began contributing to Sporting Magazine in 1830. The following year, he paired up with publisher R. Ackermann and founded the New Sporting Magazine. He continued to be an editor toon meer for the magazine for the next 5 years. He contributed comic sketches of Mr. Jorrocks to this magazine. The sketches and papers were collected and published in 1838 as Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities. Mr. Jorrocks was reintroduced in the novel Handley Cross in 1843 and enjoyed wide popularity. Mr. Jorrokcs also appeared in Hillingdon Hall (1845). Other novels written by Surtees include: Hawbuck Grange (1847), Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour (1853), Ask Mamma (1853), Plain or Ringlets? (1860), and Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds (1865). The last of these novels was published after the author's death. Surtees's father passed away in 1838 and Robert inherited the family property of Hamsterley Hall, where he lived for the rest of his life. In 1841 he married Elizabeth Jane and had one son and two daughters. Robert Smith Surtees died in 1864. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Werken van R. S. Surtees
Robert Smith Surtees (Creator of ""Jorrocks"") 1803-1864, by Himself and E. D. Cuming (1925) 4 exemplaren
The Novels of R. S. Surtees 3 exemplaren
Delphi Complete Works of R. S. Surtees (Illustrated) (Delphi Series Nine Book 15) (2018) 2 exemplaren
Scenes and Characters. Edited and introduced by Cyril Ray (Falcon Prose Classics.) (1948) 1 exemplaar
Thoughts on Hunting and Other Matters 1 exemplaar
The Life of a Sportman 1 exemplaar
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- Officiële naam
- Surtees, Robert Smith
- Geboortedatum
- 1803-05-17
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1865-03-16
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
UK - Geboorteplaats
- The Riding, Northumberland, England, Uk
- Plaats van overlijden
- Brighton, Sussex, England, UK
- Woonplaatsen
- Hamsterley Hall, England, UK
The Riding, Northumberland, England, UK
Brighton, Sussex, England, UK - Opleiding
- Durham School
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- lawyer
magazine writer
magazine editor
novelist
justice of the peace (for County Durham, 1842)
Lord Lieutenant for County Durham (1842) (toon alle 8)
High Sheriff of County Durham (1856)
short-story writer
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