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The son of a painter and glazier, he was born at Great Yarmouth.
He was educated at Street Olave"s school, Southwark, and then became clerk to a proctor in Doctors" Commons.
At an early age he developed an interest in literature, contributing dramatic sketches to a paper called Drama. Foreign a short time he belonged to a travelling theatre company, but then became a proof-reader in London, and wrote for the Monthly Magazine. In 1827 he was made secretary of the Zoological Society, a post he held for three years.
He committed suicide with a razor, and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery.
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