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William Maginn
Illustration from Fraser's Magazine, circa 1830s
Born(1794-07-10)10 July 1794
Cork, Ireland
Died21 August 1842(1842-08-21) (aged 49)
Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England
NationalityIrish

William Maginn (10 July 1794 – 21 August 1842) was an Irish journalist and writer.

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William Maginn (10 July 1794 – 21 August 1842) was an Irish journalist and writer. Born at Cork he became a contributor to Blackwood's Magazine, and after...

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real-life Irish journalist and co-founder of Fraser's Magazine, William Maginn (1794-1842). "Maginn a superb subject for a little morality", comments Thackeray...

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generally allowed Croker to take credit, notably William Maginn, though after his death his kinsmen insisted Maginn had written four or more of the tales. Croker...

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to his magazine, including the wife of Robert Southey, Robert Bell, William Maginn in a posthumous publication, and others. By the end of 1843, Ainsworth...

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Tamburlaine the Great, Part II. The Irish periodical writer and journalist William Maginn mentions the wine amongst other spirits in his poem "Inishowen" c. 1822...

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The Legend of Knockgrafton

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that William Maginn may have been the true author of this particular tale. The tale was printed in a 1933 anthology of tales by William Maginn, selected...

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commissioned impoverished classical scholar James Prendeville and writer William Maginn to write the essay. In 1842 Ogle anonymously published a version of...

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The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily

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Märchen (The tale) by Goethe, translated and with Introduction by "O.Y." (William Maginn) and notes from Fraser's Magazine No. XXXIII. OCTOBER, 1832. vol. VI...

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Loughlin Maginn. Maginn, a 28-year-old Catholic, was shot by the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) at his home in Lissize, near Rathfriland. Although Maginn had...

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List of allusions to Carlyle in literature

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article lists parodies of and references to Thomas Carlyle in literature. William Maginn parodied Carlyle in the "Gallery of Literary Characters" Number 37,...

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Noctes Ambrosianae

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ones had several different authors, including John Gibson Lockhart, William Maginn, James Hogg and Professor John Wilson, but from 1825, with the 19th...

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subsequently fights a pistol duel with the review's (anonymous) author William Maginn in London without hurt to either party. The first printed literature...

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Bishop Maginn High School

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Bishop Maginn High School was a Catholic high school in Albany, New York. It was a coeducational institution. The school belonged to the school system...

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Francis Maginn (1861–1918) was a Church of Ireland missionary who worked to improve living standards for the deaf community by promoting sign language...

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Oxford Companion to English Literature. OUP, 2013. Latané, David E. William Maginn and the British Press: A Critical Biography. Routledge, 2016. Mendlesohn...

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Simon Maginn

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Simon Maginn (born 1961 in is a British horror/thriller writer. He is best known for the 1994 novel Sheep, which was released as a film under the titleThe...

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John Abraham Heraud

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1833 assisted in editing Fraser's Magazine. There he was sub-editor to William Maginn, taking on literary criticism and philosophy. At this period he was...

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Moses Mendez

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organise their Grand Festival in 1738. Mendez is mentioned by the writer William Maginn (1794–1842) in his Miscellanies (published posthumously in 1885): Vain...

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Andrew Maginnity

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Andrew Thomas Maginnity (11 March 1849 – 12 March 1918) was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 14 July 1914 to 12 March 1918, when he...

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Berkeley Castle. He subsequently fought a duel with the review's author William Maginn. Three rounds of shots were fired, but no one was struck. Berkeley married...

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