Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald

Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald (26 April 1830[lower-alpha 1] – 24 November 1925) was an Anglo-Irish author and critic, painter and sculptor.[1][2]

Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald caricatured by Harry Furniss c.1890

Fitzgerald was born in Ireland at Fane Valley, County Louth, the son of Thomas FitzGerald. He was educated at Belvedere college Dublin, Stonyhurst College, Lancashire, and at Trinity College, Dublin. He was called to the Irish bar and was for a time crown prosecutor on the northeastern circuit.

After moving to London, he became a contributor to Charles Dickens's magazine, Household Words, and later dramatic critic for the Observer and the Whitehall Review. Among his many writings are numerous biographies and works relating to the history of the theatre. He wrote:

In 1900 he completed a bust of his friend Charles Dickens, which can be seen in the Pump Room in Bath. In 1910 he created a statue of Samuel Johnson (Reference), which is standing behind St Clement Danes, Strand, London. (Photo)

He is buried at Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin.

Notes
  1. Some sources state, incorrectly, that Fitzgerald was born in 1834.

References
  1. Clarke, Frances (2009). "Fitzgerald, Percy Hetherington". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. doi:10.3318/dib.003184.v1. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  2. "Obituary – Mr Percy Fitz Gerald". The Times. No. 44129. London. 26 November 1925. p. 19.
  3. "Review of The Life of Sterne by Percy Fitzgerald". The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art. 89: 531–532. 23 May 1896.
  4. "Review of The Life of Garrick by Percy Fitzgerald". The Quarterly Journal. 125: 1–47. July 1868.
  5. "Review of The Kembles by Percy Fitzgerald". The Quarterly Review. 132: 1–26. January 1871.
  6. "Review of Recreations of a Literary Man". The Pall Mall Budget. Vol. 28. 12 May 1882. p. 15.
  7. "Review of The Book Fancier by Percy Fitzgerald". The Literary World. 34: 537–538. 17 December 1886.
  8. "Review of The Book-Fancier by Percy Fitzgerald". The Spectator (Literary Supplement). 60: 715–716. 21 May 1887.
  9. Mayhew, Henry; Lemon, Mark; Taylor, Tom; Brooks, Shirley; Burnand, Sir Francis Cowley; Seaman, Sir Owen (2 May 1906). "Review of Sir Henry Irving, A Biography by Percy Fitzgerald". Punch, or the London Charivari: 324.
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