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SAMUEL CARTER HALL (5800-5889)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 850 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SAMUEL See also:CARTER See also:HALL (5800-5889)  , See also:English journalist, was See also:born at See also:Waterford on the 9th of May ',Soo, the son of an See also:army officer . In 1821 he went to See also:London, and in 1823 became a See also:parliamentary reporter . From 1826 to 1837 he was editor of a See also:great number and variety of public prints, and in 1839 he founded and edited The See also:Art See also:Journal . His exposure of the See also:trade in See also:bogus " Old Masters " earned for this publication a consider-able reputation . See also:Hall resigned the editorship in 188o, and was granted a See also:Civil See also:List See also:pension " for his See also:long and valuable services to literature and art." He died in London on the 16th of See also:March 1889 . His wife, See also:Anna Maria See also:Fielding (1800-1881), became well known as Mrs S . C . Hall, for her numerous novels, sketches of Irish See also:life, and plays . Two of the last, The Groves of See also:Blarney and The See also:French Refugee, were produced in London with success . She also wrote a number of See also:children's books, and was practically interested in various London charities, several of which she helped to found .

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