William Mudford

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William Mudford (born January 8, 1782 in London , † March 10, 1848 in London) was a British essayist and journalist. His short story The Iron Shroud is considered a model for Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum .

Mudford was the son of a little businessman in Piccadilly , London. He worked early as a journalist for magazines such as Blackwood's and Fraser's Magazine . As an autodidact, he acquired a considerable education, but was rather critical of the formal classical education. Politically, Mudfod stood on the side of the Tories for life . His great opponent and despiser was William Hazlitt .

Despite a major financial setback from failed stock speculation, he ended his prosperous life as owner of the Kentish Observer in Canterbury and editor-in-chief of John Bull Magazine .

Works (selection)

  • A Critical Examination of the Writings of Richard Cumberland, Sherwood Pub., Neely, and Jones, 1812
  • A critical inquiry (1802), Garland Pub., 1974
  • The life of Richard Cumberland, esq., Sherwood, Neely and Jones Pub., 1812
  • A critical inquiry into the writings of Samuel Johnson in which it is shewn that the pictures of life contained in the Rambler, and other publications of that celebrated writer have a dangerous tendency. M. Jones, 1803
  • Sudario de Hierro y Otros Cuentos Goticos by James Hogg, John Howison, William Mudford, Celeste Pub., July 1999 Paperback
  • The Iron Shroud, Viking Press, June 1973 Hardcover
  • The Five Nights of St. Albans, James Blackwood & Co Pub., June 1929 Textbook Binding
  • Nubilia in Search of a Husband, printed for J. Ridgeway, Piccadilly; and Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1809
  • Nubilia in search of a husband, Bradford & Inskeep, T. & G. Palmer Pub., 1809 [microform]
  • An historical account of the campaign in the Netherlands in 1815, under His Grace the Duke of Wellington, and Marshal Prince Blücher, printed for Henry Colburn, 1817
  • The Contemplatist: a series of essays upon morals and literature Sherwood Pub., 1810, 336 p.

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personal data
SURNAME Mudford, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British essayist and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1782
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH March 10, 1848
Place of death London