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William Makepeace Thackeray

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    (July 18, 1811-December 24, 1863)
    Died in London, England
    Also known as: Charles James Yellowplush, Michael Angelo Titmarsh, George Savage FitsBoodle and C.J. Yellowplush, Esq.
    Wrote 'The Yellowplush Papers,' 'The Paris Sketch Book,' 'The History of Samuel Titmarsh and The Great Hoggarty Diamond,' 'The Iris Sketch Book,' 'The Luck of Barry Lyndon,' 'Notes of a Journey From Cornhill to Grand Cairo,' 'The Book of Snobs,' 'Vanity Fair,' 'The History of Pendennis,' 'Rebecca and Rowena,' 'The English Humourists of the 18th Century,' 'Henry Esmond,' 'The Newcomes,' 'The Rose and the Ring,' 'Miscellanies, Vol. 4,' 'The Virginians,' 'The Four Georges,' 'Lovel the Widower,' 'Poems and Essays,' 'The Adventures of Phillip on His Way Through the World,' 'Roundabout Papers,' 'Denis Duval,' 'Collected Ed' and 'Letters and Private Papers'

Why he might be annoying:

    He dropped out of Trinity College.
    After dropping out from Trinity College, he attempted to study law at Middle Temple, where he would also drop out.
    He lost most of his inheritance to gambling and bad investments.
    He had four aliases/pen names.
    He died on Christmas Eve.

Why he might not be annoying:

    His father died while he was young.
    His novel 'Vanity Fair' was turned into a movie/TV miniseries 12 times, including three times between the years of 1911 and 1916.
    Stanley Kubrick turned his novel 'The Luck of Barry Lyndon' into a movie, re-titled 'Barry Lyndon.'
    In his prime, he was seen as being superior to Charles Dickens.
    His wife, Isabella, suffered from a mental breakdown, which she never fully recovered from (1940).
    His oldest daughter, Anne, also became a writer.
    He was a sought-after lecturer in Europe throughout the 1840's.

Credit: His Name is Robert


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 33 Votes: 24.24% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 81.82% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 27 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 20 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 31 Votes: 48.39% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 65 Votes: 55.38% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 91 Votes: 59.34% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 177 Votes: 49.72% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 197 Votes: 51.78% Annoying