William Makepeace Thackeray
Author · 28 books
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863) was a British writer and one of the major English authors of the Victorian era. Born in Calcutta to a colonial official, he grew up in England. After leaving Cambridge without completing his studies and studying art in Paris, he worked as a journalist and initially published criticism, travel writing, and satire. His best-known work, the social novel *Vanity Fair*, was published in instalments in the magazine *Punch* in 1847–48. His other works include *The Luck of Barry Lyndon*, *The History of Pendennis*, and *The Newcomes*.