Pierce Egan (1772-1849), early journalist, sportswriter, and writer on popular culture. He wrote first about boxing in his serial publication, Boxiana, or Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism (1813-1828), in which he originated the description of boxing as "the sweet science". 1772 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues and people. ... Sportswriting is a form of journalism who writes and reports on sports topics and events. ... Popular culture, or pop culture, is the vernacular (peoples) culture that prevails in any given society. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... 1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1828 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
In 1824, he began publication of a monthly journal, Life in London. His articles for that paper were collected in his best-known work, Life in London, or The Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn Esq. and his Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom. These tales of the rough street life of the rich young Regency bucks were among the first instances of journalism covering common life and not simply royal courts and politics. This book is also the source of the expression Tom and Jerry, meaning fighting, drinking, and causing trouble. 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Regency may have several meanings: A regency may be a period of time when a regent holds power in the name of the current monarch, or in the name of the Crown itself, if the throne is vacant. ... The phrase Tom and Jerry has a several meanings: Tom and Jerry was originally a pairing of names from Pierce Egans Life in London, or Days and Nights of Jerry Hawthorne and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom. ...
PIERCEEGAN (1772-1849), English sporting writer, was born in London in 1772.
Egan died at Pentonville on the 3rd of August 1849.
His son, PierceEgan (1814-1880), illustrated his own and his father's books, and wrote a score of novels of varying merit, of which The Snake in the Grass (1858) is perhaps the best.
Egan was a master of the “flash” and the flashy; and Life in London contains as many slang phrases as he could put into it.
It was Moncrieff who, in answer to the accusation that Egan and he had made their age the age of flash, replied in the wellknown but inconclusive saying, “Any age is better than the age of cant”—cant implying, of course, the protests of certain portions of the press and of some religious bodies.
Egan himself produced, in 1822, a dramatic version of the story, which was played without success (save for a pony-race round the theatre) at Astley’s.
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