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Definition of George louis palmella busson du maurier
1. Noun. English writer and illustrator; grandfather of Daphne du Maurier (1834-1896).
Lexicographical Neighbors of George Louis Palmella Busson Du Maurier
Literary usage of George louis palmella busson du maurier
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1. Human Documents: Portraits and Biographies of Eminent Men by Herbert Spencer, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edward Everett Hale, Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, Hamlin Garland, Robert Barr (1895)
"My full name is George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier, but we were of very
small nobility. My name Palmella was given to me in remembrance of the great ..."
2. The History of "Punch" by Marion Harry Spielmann (1895)
"WHEN, in 1860, Mr. George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier contributed his first
drawing to Punch, he had little suspicion that he would be counted, ..."
3. Cyclopedic Review of Current History by Alfred Sidney Johnson, Clarence A. Bickford, William W. Hudson, Nathan Haskell Dole (1897)
"GEORGE Louis PALMELLA BUSSON DU MAURIER was born in Paris, France, March 6, 1834.
His paternal grandparents were French; and, during the Terror, ..."
4. Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1910)
"george louis palmella busson du maurier 1834—1896. The famous delineator of
English society in Punch, and in later years a novelist; born in Paris, March 6, ..."
5. In Bohemia with Du Maurier: The First of a Series of Reminiscences by Felix Moscheles (1897)
"The " Busso" derived from his full name—George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier.
In striking contrast with the last drawing is the next. ..."
6. The Outlines of Literature, English and American: Based Upon Shaw's Manual by Truman Jay Backus, Thomas Budd Shaw (1897)
"George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier (1834-1896) was born in Paris and spent
much of his boyhood upon the Continent. We may fairly assume that he ..."
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