Gilbert Abbott à Beckett

Gilbert Abbott à Beckett
Tavalludi	9-yanvar 1811-yil London, Angliya
Vafoti	30-avgust 1856-yil(1856-08-30) (45 yoshda) Boulogne-sur-Mer, Fransiya
Kasbi	Advokat, yumor yozuvchi

Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (1811-yil 9-yanvar - 1856-yil 30-avgust) ingliz yumorist yozuvchisi.

Biografiyasi

Highgate qabristonidagi Gilbert Abbot qabri

U Londonlik advokatning oʻgʻli boʻlib tugʻilgan. Tomas Beket oilasining vakili boʻlgan. U Westminister maktabida tahsil olgan va 1841-yilda Grey's Inndagi imtixon topshirgan.

U Figaro in London hajviy gazetasini tahrir qilgan va Punchning eng yaxshi xodimlaridan biri sifatida vafotigacha shu gazeta rivojiga oʻz hissasini qoʻshgan. U The Times va The Morning Herald gazetalarida faol jurnalist sifatida ish olib borgan. 1846-yilda oʻtkazilgan "Illustrated London News " jurnaliga bir qator yengilroq maqolalar bilan hissa qoʻshgan va "Oyning almanaxi" ga vaqt topib, ellik yoki oltmishtagacha pyesalar, shu jumladan Charles Dickensning dramatiklashtirilgan versiyalari ham bor edi.

Kambagʻallarning qonun komissari sifatida u ichki ishlar vaziriga Andoverdagi ishxona mojarosi boʻyicha qimmatli hisobot taqdim etdi va 1849-yilda u metropoliten politsiyasi magistri boʻldi.

U Fransiyaning Bulon-sur-Mer shahrida tif isitmasidan vafot etgan va Highgate qabristonining gʻarbiy tomoniga dafn etilgan (№7604 raqamli qabr).

Uning akasi ser William à Bekket (1806-1869) Avstraliyaning Viktoriya shtatining bosh sudyasi boʻlgan.

U Viktoriya davrining boshqa ikki yozuvchisi Gilbert Artur à Beckett va Artur William à Beckettning otasi edi.

Ijodiy faoliyatidagi ishlari

• The King Incog, (1834)
• The Revolt Of The Work-House, (1834)
• The Man With The Carpet Bag, (1835)
• Posthumous Papers Of The Wonderful Discovery Club, (1838) [written as: POZ]
• The Chimes, (produced:1844) [with Mark LEMON]
• Scenes From The Rejected Comedies, (1844)
• Hop Oʻ My Thumb, (1844) written as: POZ
• Comic Blackstone, (1844)
• Timour; or, The Cream Of Tartar, (:1845)
• The Comic History Of England, (1847–48)
• The Comic History Of Rome, (1851)
• Sardanapalus; or, The 'Fast' King Of Assyria, (1853)
• The Fiddle Faddle Fashion Book [written as: POZ]

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Havolalar

• Works by Gilbert Abbott À Becket at Project Gutenberg
• Works by Gilbert Abbott à Beckett at Faded Page (Canada)
• Works by or about Gilbert Abbott à Beckett at Internet Archive
• "Punch, or, The London Charivari, 1841", Science in the 19th Century Periodical
• "The comic history of England". Colour engravings by John Leech with text by Gilbert Abbott À Beckett. BibliOdyssey
• À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott & Leech, John. The comic history of England, London : Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., [1864]
• À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott & Leech, John. The comic history of England, London : George Routledge, New York : E. P. Dutton, [1894]
• Portraits of Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett at the National Portrait Gallery, London