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MATTHEW JAMES HIGGINS (1810-1868)

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 455 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MATTHEW
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JAMES
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HIGGINS (1810-1868)  ,
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British writer over the nom-de-plume "
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Jacob Omnium," which was the
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title of his first
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magazine
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article, was
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born in
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County
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Meath,
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Ireland, on the 4th of
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December 181o . His letters in The Times were instrumental in exposing many abuses . He was a frequent contributor to the Cornhill, and was a friend of
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Thackeray, who dedicated to him The Adventures of
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Philip, and one of his
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ballads, " Jacob Omnium's Hoss," deals with an incident in
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Higgins's career . He died on the 14th of
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August 1868 . Some of his articles were published in 1875 as Essays on Social Subjects .

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