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John Forster

literary critic

John Forster

English biographer and critic (1812–1876)

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About John Forster

John Forster was an English writer and biographer. He was best known for publishing The Life of Charles Dickens (1872), which was the first biography published of Charles Dickens after his death in 1870. He was a personal friend of Dickens and part of Dickens's social circle, which included William Makepeace Thackeray, Wilkie Collins and Hans Christian Andersen.

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Occupation: literary critic, writer, biographer, journalist
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born: April 2, 1812, 1812
Died: February 2, 1876, 1876

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