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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: William Charles Maughan

Author: William Charles Maughan (1836–1914)

Biography: William Charles Maughan was born in 1836, the son of Capt. Philip Maughan of the East India Company and Elizabeth Arnott. He attended Edinburgh Academy before entering into banking in Edinburgh, London, and Rome. In 1889, he married Katharine May Burns. Maughan wrote numerous works including travel, history, and one work of fiction Julian Ormonde (1882). He unsuccessfully stood for parliament twice. He died in 1914.

References: Times (2 July 1892; 20 March 1920)

Fiction Titles:

  1. Julian Ormonde.  2 vol.  London: Alexander Gardner, 1882.