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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Egan, Pierce, 1772-1849 NRA: Egan, Pierce (1772-1849) author DNB: Egan, Pierce (1772-1849), sporting journalist and author LBT ID: PiEgan1849 VIAF ID: 71611009 LOC ID: n50030259 | B/BAP: 1772 DIED: 1849-08-03 |
| SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File | |
English journalist who wrote about crime, boxing, and other popular subjects; he invented
the characters Tom and Jerry in 1820. | |
CORRESPONDENCE OF Pierce Egan: Pierce Egan to Cyrus Redding, 12 April [1832] in Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on
Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) | |
