Henry mayhew biography

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    Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Mayhew, Henry.

    Henry Mayhew

    British writer and activist (1812–1887)

    Henry Mayhew (25 November 1812 – 25 July 1887) was an English journalist, playwright, and advocate of reform.

    He was one of the co-founders of the satirical magazine Punch in 1841, and was the magazine's joint editor, with Mark Lemon, in its early days. He is also known for his work as a social researcher, publishing an extensive series of newspaper articles in the Morning Chronicle that was later compiled into the three-volume book London Labour and the London Poor (1851), a groundbreaking and influential survey of the city's poor.

    Henry mayhew biography

  • Henry mayhew biography
  • Henry mayhew minnesota
  • Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Mayhew, Henry
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    Early life

    He was born in London, the thirteenth of 17 children to Joshua Mayhew. He was educated at Westminster School before running away from his studies to the sea.[1] He then served with the East India Company as a midshipman on a ship bound for Calcutta.

    He returned after several years, in 1829, becoming a trainee lawyer in Wales.[2] He left thi