William Blanchard Jerrold

William Blanchard Jerrold (born December 23, 1826 in London , † March 10, 1884 ) was an English writer.

William Blanchard Jerrold, son of Douglas William Jerrold , studied art, provided illustrations for his father's articles in Illuminated Magazine at an early age and made himself known through literary stories such as The disgrace of the family (1848) and comedies, of which As cool as a cucumber (1850) on stage.

After a trip to Sweden in 1852, he published A bragebeaker with the Swedes (1854), which was followed by the book Imperial Paris in 1855 .

From this point in time, the peculiar point of view, the Jerrold, can be dated. since then occupied: connection of democracy and popular monarchy (imperialism). Asserting this point of view was soon to become a powerful tool for him when, after his father's death (1857), he took over the editing of Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper , which boasts a circulation of 600,000 copies. Jerrold first fulfilled the duty of piety to his father by editing his life and estate (1859), and in 1863, following a series of essays on the poor in London (in the Morning Post 1862), the Paris Poor Administration was commissioned to scrutinize it to undergo.

The novel was the fruit of this stay in France

The children of Lutetia (1864) and various travel writings such as:
At home in Paris and a trip through the vineyards of Spain (1864 u. Ö.),
On the boulevards (1867),
Paris for the English (3rd edition 1868) etc.

Of his other works are noteworthy: the novels:

Two lives (1865),
Up and down in the world (1866, 3 vols.) And
Passing the time (1865);
The Gavroche party (1870) and
At home in Paris, at peace and at war (1871, 2 vols.);
The best of all good company (1871, 3 vols.), Memories of Dickens , Walter Scott and Bulwer ;
The Christian vagabond (1872);
The Cockaynes in Paris (1871); the comedy
Cupid in waiting (1871) and a detailed one that should be used with caution
Life of Napoleon III. (1875–77, 4 vols.), For which he was supported with material by the imperial family.

Further published by him:

London, a pilgrimage (with illustrations by Gustave Doré , 1872); the story
Cent per cent (1874);
Egypt under Ismail Pasha (1879);
The Belgium of the East (1882) and
The life of George Cruikshank (1882, 2 vols.). He published The Epicure's year-book under the name Fin-Bec since 1867 .

personal data
SURNAME	Jerrold, William Blanchard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English writer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 23, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH	London
DATE OF DEATH	March 10, 1884