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Charles Henry Ross (1835 – 12 October 1897) was an English writer and cartoonist.
''The Publishers' Circular and General Record of British and Foreign Literature''
Volume 31, p. 788. Sampson Low, 1868. At Google Books. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
Ross was the author of six novels in genres ranging from Gothic
Charles Henry Ross (1835 – 12 October 1897) was an English writer and cartoonist.
Biography
Ross created the fictional character Ally Sloper for the British magazine '' Judy'' in 1867, the popular character was spun off into his own comic, '' Ally Sloper's Half Holiday'', in 1884. Ross originally was the illustrator of the character until his French-born wife, under the pseudonym Marie Duval, later took over the illustration. He had a son, Charles. For a number of years, Ross was the editor of ''Judy''. He contributed a series of engravings, entitled "A Happy Day in a Varlet's Life. In a Series of Hard Lines", to the Ninth Season (1868) of '' Beeton's Christmas Annual''.Volume 31, p. 788. Sampson Low, 1868. At Google Books. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
penny dreadful
Penny dreadfuls were cheap popular serial literature produced during the nineteenth century in the United Kingdom. The pejorative term is roughly interchangeable with penny horrible, penny awful, and penny blood. The term typically referred to ...
s to light romances.
He died on 12 October 1897 in Clapham, London.
Work
''The Book of Cats''References
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