Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country was a general and literary journal. It was founded by Hugh Fraser and William Maginn in 1830 and loosely directed by Maginn (and later Francis Mahony) under the name Oliver Yorke until about 1840. Contributors included Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, Thomas Carlyle, William Makepeace Thackeray and John Stuart Mill. It circulated until 1882. A journal (through French from late Latin diurnalis, daily) has several related meanings: a daily record of events or business; a private journal is usually referred to as a diary. ... William Maginn (1794‑1842), journalist and miscellaneous writer, born at Cork, became a contributor to Blackwoods Magazine, and after moving to London in 1824 became for a few months the Paris correspondent to The Representative, a paper started by J. Murray, the publisher. ... Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Francis Sylvester Mahony (Father Prout) (1804‑1866), humorist, born at Cork, and educated at the Jesuit College at Clongoweswood, Co. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, 1795 Samuel Taylor Coleridge (October 21, 1772 – July 25, 1834) was an English poet, critic, and philosopher who was, along with his friend William Wordsworth, one of the founders of the Romantic Movement in England and one of the Lake Poets. ... Robert Southey, English poet Robert Southey (August 12, 1774 – March 21, 1843) was an English poet of the Romantic school, and one of the so-called Lake Poets, and Poet Laureate. ... The most familiar view of Carlyle is as the bearded sage with a penetrating gaze. ... William Makepeace Thackeray William Makepeace Thackeray (18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was an English novelist of the 19th century. ... John Stuart Mill (May 20, 1806 – May 8, 1873), an English philosopher and political economist, was an influential liberal and socialist thinker of the 19th century. ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ...

External links

• Notes on Fraser's Magazine
• William Maginn biography