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We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in colour and fire, but of course they would have to fit into the pattern of our society and be able to take orders from sound administrative types.
Henry Mayhew

Born: November 25, 1812
Died: July 25, 1887 (aged 74)
Bio: Henry Mayhew was an English social researcher, journalist, playwright and advocate of reform. He was one of the co-founders of the satirical and humorous magazine Punch in 1841, and was the magazine's joint-editor, with Mark Lemon, in its early days.
Known for:
- London Labour and the London Poor
- The unknown Mayhew
- London characters (1874)
- The essential Mayhew