Yates, Edmund, 1831-1894
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Epithet: of Fairlawn, Tonbridge
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000574.0x0001b8
Yates was an English novelist, and founded THE WORLD, a weekly society newspaper in 1874.
From the description of Edmund Yates collection, 1874-1926 (bulk 1876-1894). (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 609870494
Edmund Yates was a Victorian journalist, novelist, lecturer, comic versifier and playwright. He was a friend of Dickens, and co-founder, owner and editor of the weekly newspaper "The World."
From the description of Papers. [1839]-1930. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 223160793
From the description of Papers, [1839]-1930. [1839]-1930. (The University of Queensland Library). WorldCat record id: 46880567
Yates was born on July 3, 1831 in Edinburgh, Scotland; taken as an infant to London; published novels including Black sheep (1857); in 1874 with Grenville Murray, he founded and served as editor-in-chief of The world : a journal for men and women; he died on May 20, 1894 at the Savoy Hotel in London.
From the description of Papers, 1856-1894. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 40721779
English author and editor.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to William Makepeace Thackeray, 1859 Nov. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270857289
Scottish editor.
From the description of Edmund Yates letter to unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1876 November 13. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 173397992
English novelist, journalist; founder of "The World."
From the description of Autograph letters signed : 10 Hyde Park Gate, Kensington Gore, S.w.W., [London], to Arthur Sullivan, 1881 May 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125402
English novelist and journalist; founder of "The World" in London.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Farnham Chase, Bucks., to Arthur J. Lewis, 1890 Aug. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270126423
English journalist and novelist.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : "2 Gloucester Place, New Road," to Benjamin Nottingham Webster, [1856?] Oct. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584442
From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Wilkie Collins, 1877 Nov. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584447
Biography
Yates was born on July 3, 1831 in Edinburgh, Scotland; taken as an infant to London; published novels including Black sheep (1857); in 1874 with Grenville Murray, he founded and served as editor-in-chief of The world: a journal for men and women ; he died on May 20, 1894 at the Savoy Hotel in London.
From the guide to the Edmund Hodgson Yates Papers, 1856-1894, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)
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Subjects:
- Acrostics
- Editors
- Journalists
- Libel and slander
- Novelists, English
- Novelists, English
- Periodical editors
- Press law
Occupations:
- Journalists
- Novelists, English, 20th century
- Periodical editors
Places:
- Yorkshire, England (as recorded)
- Oxford, Oxfordshire (as recorded)
- Dublin, Ireland (as recorded)
- Cork, Ireland (as recorded)
- Drogheda, Ireland (as recorded)
- Bangor, Down (as recorded)
- Cork, Ireland (as recorded)
- Wales, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- Southampton, Hampshire (as recorded)
- England (as recorded)
- Slamannan, Stirlingshire (as recorded)
- Coventry, Warwickshire (as recorded)
- Dublin, Ireland (as recorded)
- Dublin, Ireland (as recorded)
- Limerick, county of, Ireland (as recorded)
- Handsworth, Warwickshire (as recorded)
- England (as recorded)
