Theodore Edward Hook (22 September 1788 – 24 August 1841) was an English man of letters and composer and briefly a civil servant in Mauritius.
Theodore Hook
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Theodore Edward Hook va ser un home de lletres i compositor anglès i breument un funcionari a Maurici. És conegut sobretot pels seus acudits pràctics, especialment per l'engany de Berners Street el 1809. Hook va rebre la primera postal del món el... Viquipèdia (anglès)
Naixement: 22 de setembre del 1788, Londres, Regne Unit
Defunció: 24 d’agost del 1841, Fulham, Londres, Regne Unit
Netes: Almeria Leigh Hunt i Emily Leigh Hunt
Nebot: Walter Hook
Fills: William Hook, Emily Hook, Frederick Augustus Hook i més
Parella: Mary Anne Doughty
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Theodore Edward Hook was a prolific English playwright and novelist, best remembered as a founder of the “silver-fork” school of novelists who, ...
Hook was a cultured class clown and a brilliant prankster. In 1840, he designed a postcard that ridiculed the postal workers who would have handled it and sent ...
Theodore Hook was a composer and writer. He found favour with the Prince Regent and was briefly appointed accountant-general and treasurer of Mauritius from ...
Books by Hook, Theodore Edward (sorted by popularity). Displaying results 1–1. The Choice Humorous Works, Ludicrous Adventures, Bons Mots, Puns, ...
Writer and wit; noted for his ebullient personality and wayward lifestyle; procured post as accountant-general in Mauritius, 1813, but later imprisoned for ...
Theodore Hook, the son of James Hook, the musical composer, was born in London on 22nd September, 1788. He was educated at Harrow School, where, according to ...
19 de juny 2024 · Theodore Hook: Prolific Writer. He was released from debtors prison after two years and returned to writing, at which he was highly successful.
Born in London, author and prankster Theodore Edward Hook was the son of organist and composer James Hook (1746–1827) and his wife Elizabeth Jane (née Madden).
Theodore Edward Hook (born Sept. 22, 1788, London—died Aug. 24, 1841, London) was a prolific English playwright and novelist, best remembered as a founder of ...
