Trollope, Anthony
Trollope, Anthony ( 1815 – 82 ),born in London. His Autobiography, written 1875 – 6 , published posthumously 1883 , describes his life with a characteristic blend of candour and reticence. His father, a fellow of New College, Oxford, before his marriage, failed both as a lawyer and as a farmer. The family's poverty made Trollope miserable at school (he went to both Harrow and Winchester), and when financial difficulties became acute, the family moved to Belgium, where Trollope's father died. Mrs Frances Trollope had already begun to support the family through her belated career as an author; she was already in her fifties when her successful Domestic Manners of the Americans was published in 1832 . Trollope became a junior clerk in the General Post Office in London in 1834 , but only began to make any professional progress when transferred to Ireland in 1841 . He married Rose Heseltine of...
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