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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 See also:JAMES See also:HIGGINS (1810-1868)  , See also:British writer over the nom-de-plume " See also:Jacob Omnium," which was the See also:title of his first See also:magazine See also:article, was See also:born in See also:County See also:Meath, See also:Ireland, on the 4th of See also: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 See also:Thackeray, who dedicated to him The Adventures of See also:Philip, and one of his See also:ballads, " Jacob Omnium's Hoss," deals with an incident in See also:Higgins's career . He died on the 14th of See also:August 1868 . Some of his articles were published in 1875 as Essays on Social Subjects .

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