Charles Hamilton Aide

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Charles Hamilton

Charles Hamilton Aide (* 1826 in Paris ; † December 13, 1906 in London ), rarely also written Charles Hamilton Aidé or Charles Hamilton Aidé , was an English author of Armenian descent .

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Aide was the son of an Armenian merchant in Paris, his mother the daughter of the British admiral George Collier (1738–1795). Francis Augustus Collier (1783-1849), also a high-ranking British naval officer, was his uncle.

In 1830, on the eve of the July Revolution of 1830 , (→ Restoration ), his father was killed in a duel . Thereupon his mother left France with him and returned to her family in England.

After finishing school, Aide studied at the University of Bonn and on his return served seven years in the British Army . In the rank of captain, he left the army in 1853 and settled in Lyndhurst ( Hampshire down), where he lived with his mother. After his mother's death in 1875, Aide moved near Queen Anne's Gate ( City of London ), where his large apartment soon became a regular meeting place for writers.

According to the Dictionary of National Biography , he wrote several volumes of poetry and song texts, a total of 19 novels and several dramas. His comedy A Nine Day's Wonder premiered at the Royal Court Theater in 1875 . Drawings that he brought back from his travels have been shown several times in public exhibitions.

Charles Hamilton Aide died on December 13, 1906 at the age of eighty in London, where he found his final resting place. The journalist and writer Morton Fullerton (1865-1952) acted as Aides executor.

Works (selection)

  • Carr of Carrlyon. A novel . Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1899 (2 vol.)
  • A Nine Days Wonder. A novellette . Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1875.
  • Introduced to Society . London 1880.
    • German: Noble company. Novel . Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1884 (translated by Auguste Scheibe )
  • Morals and Mysteries . Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1872.
  • Dark mystery . London 1900.
    • German: A dark secret. Detective novel . Weichert, Berlin 1904
  • Cliff Mystery . London 1904.
    • German: The secret of the cliff. Narration . Hillger Verlag, Berlin 1910.

literature

  • Marion Mainwaring: Mysteries of Paris. The quest for Morton Fullerton . University Press, Hanover NH 2001, ISBN 1-58465-008-7 .
  • Leslie Stephen (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 2 . London 1912, p. 2463.

supporting documents

  1. ^ The Dictionary of National Biography (1912), Vol. II, p. 2463.
personal data
SURNAME Aide, Charles Hamilton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1906
Place of death London