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Eliot Warburton
Bartholomew Eliot George Warburton (1810–1852), usually known as Eliot Warburton, was an Irish traveller and novelist, born near Tullamore, Ireland. Biography His father was Major George Warburton, Inspector General of the Royal Irish Constabulary for Aughrim, County Galway. His mother was Anne Maria Acton of Kilmacurragh, County Wicklow. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and was called to the Irish Bar in 1837. He contracted lasting friendships with Monckton Milnes (Lord Houghton) and AW Kinglake, author of ''Eothen'', which he admired. He decided to give up his practice as a barrister for travel and literature. His first travel articles were published in the ''Dublin University Magazine'', where the editor, Charles Lever persuaded him to make them into a book. This became his first book, ''The Crescent and the Cross'', an account of his travels in 1843 in Greece, Turkey, Syria, Palestine and Egypt, and which fairly divided public attention with Kinglake's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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