Dec 20, 2009
The Oxford Companion to English Literature | À Beckett, Gilbert Arthur
À Beckett, Gilbert
Arthur
(
1837
–
91
),
son of
Gilbert
Abbott
à Beckett
, educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. He was, from
1879
, like his father, a regular member of the staff of
Punch
. He wrote, in collaboration with
W.
S.
Gilbert
, the successful comedy The Happy Land (
1873
).
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