Yates, Edmund, 1831-1894

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.)