Albert Richard Smith

1816–1860 (age 44)

Biography

Albert Richard Smith (1816-1860) charmed Victorian audiences as a novelist, dramatist, and lecturer, turning his own Alpine adventures and Nile voyages into popular entertainments that united travel writing with theatrical flair.

He used his public profile to support hospitals and charitable causes, and his buoyant storytelling continued even as he battled illness, leaving him to rest at Brompton Cemetery.

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