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Egan, Pierce

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Egan, Pierce (1772–1849)

English sporting writer. He is principally remembered for his Life in London: or the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq, and his elegant friend, Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis (1820–21). Illustrated by George and Isaac Cruikshank, it was extremely popular and was the first English fictional work to be published in monthly parts.

Egan's other works include Boxiana: or Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism (1818–24), The Life of an Actor (1825), and Pierce Egan's Book of Sports and Mirror of Life (1832). His son Pierce Egan the Younger (1814–1880) wrote a number of novels.



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