Pierce Egan

(1772-1849)

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
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English journalist who wrote about crime, boxing, and other popular subjects; he invented the characters Tom and Jerry in 1820.
REFERENCES TO Pierce Egan: Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter II. Found 1: ¶ 5 Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter III Found 1: ¶ 27