Theodore Hook

Theodore Hook
Theodore Hook

Theodore Edward Hook, né le 5 janvier 1788 à Londres et mort le 24 août 1841 était un écrivain anglais. Il etudia a Harrow puis a Oxford. Son père était James Hook. Theodore Hook etait un fameux farceur, il est surtout connu pour le Berners Street Hoax. Il fut l'éditeur du journal John Bull.[1]

Références

  • Richard Harris Barham, Life and Remains of Hook (3rd ed, 1877)
  • John Gibson Lockhart dans le Quarterly Review (Mai 1843)
  • Bill Newton Dunn, The Man Who Was John Bull (1996), Allendale Publishing.

Notes et références

  1. Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press

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