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Gilbert Abbott à Beckett

English barrister and humorist (1811-1856).

Born January 9th, 1811 in London.

Died August 30th, 1856 at 45 years old in Boulogne-sur-Mer (typhoid fever).

Occupations
journalist, writer

As you get older, three things happen: The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two. Norman Wisdom