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 WORKS BY Pierce Egan:
Life in London, or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorne, esq., and his
Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis. Found 1.
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