Edward Howard (baptised 1793 – 30 December 1841) was an English novelist and sub-editor of The Metropolitan Magazine. He then worked for New Monthly Magazine. His best known books were Sir Henry Morgan and Rattlin the Reefer.[1]

Life

Howard entered the navy, where Captain Frederick Marryat was his shipmate. On obtaining a discharge, he began to contribute sea stories to periodicals. When Marryat became editor of the Metropolitan Magazine in 1832, he chose Howard as his sub-editor. Howard later joined the staff of the New Monthly Magazine, which was then edited by Thomas Hood.

Edward Howard died suddenly on 30 December 1841.[2] His widow, Anne Roper Howard, remarried in 1846, to Octavian Blewitt, secretary to the Royal Literary Fund.

Works

Howard's Rattlin the Reefer (3 vols. London, 1836), a maritime novel, bore the inscription "edited by the author of Peter Simple. This was misunderstood to mean that Marryat wrote it. It is available free as an E-book.[3] Howard's other works, which were mostly issued as "by the author of Rattlin the Reefer," are:

  • The Old Commodore, 3 vols. London, 1837
  • Outward Bound; or, a Merchant's Adventures, London, 1838; originally Ardent Troughton, the Wrecked Merchant, 1836–1837 in The Metropolitan Magazine, vol. 16–19,[4][5] was erroneously assigned to Marryat, and under this authorship was published in translations, like French (1838),[6] many Russian editions.[7] and possibly others.
  • Memoirs of Admiral Sir Sidney Smith, K.C.B., 2 vols. London, 1839;Volume 1 Volume 2
  • Jack Ashore, 3 vols. London, 1840
  • The Centiad: a Poem in four books, London, 1841
  • Sir Henry Morgan, the Buccaneer, 3 vols. London, 1842 (another edition 1857)
  • The Marine Ghost, in Part i. of Tales from Bentley, 1859[2]

References

  1. Hinings, Jessica (September 2004). "Howard, Edward (bap. 1793, d. 1841)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13894. Retrieved 20 May 2010. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. 1 2 "Howard, Edward (d.1841)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  3. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  4. "TheCurranIndex".
  5. "At the Circulating Library Title Information: Outward Bound".
  6. Ardent Troughton : ou, Le commerçant naufragé, 1838.
  7. Приключения Ардента Троутона (Ardent Troughton). FantLab
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.