Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald (26 April 1830 – 24 November 1925) was an Anglo-Irish author and critic, painter and sculptor.
Fitzgerald was born in Ireland at Fane Valley,
County Louth
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, the son of
Thomas FitzGerald. He was educated at Belvedere college Dublin,
Stonyhurst College
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,
Lancashire
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, and at
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,
Dublin
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. He was called to the Irish
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and was for a time crown prosecutor on the northeastern circuit.
After moving to London, he became a contributor to
Charles Dickens
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's magazine, ''
Household Words
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History
During the planning stages, titles origi ...
'', and later dramatic critic for the ''
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'' and the ''
Whitehall Review''. Among his many writings are numerous biographies and works relating to the history of the theatre. He wrote:
''Life of Sterne''(1864) (See
Sterne.); 2nd edition; revised & enlarged (1896); reprinted 1904
* ''Charles Lamb'' (1866) (See
Charles Lamb
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.)
''Life of David Garrick''(1868) (See
David Garrick
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.)
The Kembles(1871)
''The Romance of the English Stage''(1874)
''Life of George IV''(1881) (See
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.)
''A New History of the English Stage''(1882)
''Recreations of a Literary Man''(1882)
''Life and Times of William IV''(1884) (See
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.)
''Lives of the Sheridans''(1886)
''The Book Fancier''(1886)
*
''Life of James Boswell (of Auchinleck) with an Account of His Sayings, Doings, and Writings''(1891) (See
James Boswell
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.)
* ''
Henry Irving
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: A Record of Twenty Years at the
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'' (1893)
''The Savoy Opera and the Savoyards''(1894) (deals with operas of
Gilbert and Sullivan
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.)
''Memoirs of an Author''(London, 1895)
* ''
A Critical Examination of Dr G. Birkbeck Hill's "Johnsonian" Editions'' (1898)
''The Garrick Club''(1904)
''Life of Charles Dickens''(1905)
''Sir Henry Irving, A Biography''(1906)
*
''Boswell's Autobiography''(1912)
''Memories of Charles Dickens''(1913)
''Worldlyman''(1914)
In 1900 he completed a bust of his friend Charles Dickens, which can be seen in the Pump Room in Bath.
In 1910 he created a statue of
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(Reference) which is standing behind St Clement Danes, Strand, London
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He is buried at
Glasnevin Cemetery
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, Dublin.
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