Mackay, Charles, 1814-1889
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Charles Mackay, Scots-born poet and writer.
Scottish poet.
British journalist and poet.
Charles Mackay was born in Perth and educated in Caledonia, London, and Brussels. He began working as a secretary, and published verses in various periodicals. He established himself as a journalist in London, and later Glasgow. He continued to publish poetry, which was sometimes set to music, and the songs were often popular. He also worked as an editor and correspondent, covering the American Civil War for The Times.
Charles Mackay was born in Scotland. At the age of sixteen he was employed as the private secretary to William Cockerill, an ironmaster based in Belgium. In his spare time he wrote articles for the local newspaper. Coming to London in 1834, he engaged in journalism, published SONGS & POEMS (1834), MEMOIRS OF EXTRAORDINARY POPULAR DELUSIONS AND THE MADNESS OF CROWDS, and a number of other works. His literary reputation was made by the publication in 1846 of a volume of verses, VOICES FROM THE CROWD, some of which were set to music by Henry Russell and became very popular. In 1848 Mackay worked for the ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, of which he became editor in 1852. In it he published a number of songs, set to music by Sir Henry Bishop and Henry Russell, and in 1855 they were collected in a volume which included the popular "Cheer, Boys! Cheer!"
Publisher George Routledge began work as an apprentice to Charles Thurman, bookseller, in Carlisle, UK, between 1827 and 1833. He went to London and worked for Baldwin & Craddock, publishers, from 1833 to 1836. In 1836 he started his own publishing house, which became Routledge & Co., then Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, and ultimately George Routledge & Sons. He retired in 1887.
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