Author:Gilbert Abbott à Beckett

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Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (1811–1856)

sister projects: Wikipedia article. English writer who was one of the original staff of Punch and active journalist on The Times and The Morning Herald. He also produced some fifty or sixty plays.

Works

• Comic History of England
• Comic History of Rome
• Comic Blackstone

Works about à Beckett

• “À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott” in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1910.
• “À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott,” in Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1885-1900) in 63 vols.

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.