Samuel Carter Hall

Samuel Carter Hall ( born May 9, 1800 Geneva Barracks in Waterford, Ireland, † March 11, 1889 in London) was an Irish writer.

Samuel Carter Hall was a lawyer and then devoted himself to literature.

In 1824 he married Anna Marie Fielding that even a writer until her death remained his faithful assistant. He founded in 1825 the paperback The Amulet, which he edited for many years, in 1830 took over the editorship of The New Monthly Magazine and founded in 1839 the Art Journal, has exerted considerable influence on the uplift and generalization of the taste for the visual arts.

In addition, he was, sometimes alone, sometimes with his wife, a number of illustrated works out, for example,

  • Ireland, its scenery, character etc. ( 1841-43, 3 vols )
  • Gems of European Art ( 1846-47, 2 Tle )
  • The baronial halls (1848 ),
  • The Vernon gallery (1854 ) and Others

Most recently, he published:

  • A book of memories of great men and great women of the age (1870 );
  • The trial of Sir Jasper, moral poem (1873 );
  • Rhymes in council (1881 ) and
  • The retrospect of a long life (1883, 2 ​​vols ).
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