TOM TAYLOR
\tˈɒm tˈe͡ɪlə], \tˈɒm tˈeɪlə], \t_ˈɒ_m t_ˈeɪ_l_ə]\
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A British dramatist; born at Sunderland, Durham, in 1817; died at Wandsworth, July 12, 1880. He edited Punch in 1874-80; was art critic to the London Times and Graphic, and wrote more than 100 plays. Among them are: "Still Waters Run Deep"; "The Unequal Match"; "The Overland Route"; "The Contested Election"; "Our American Cousin"; "The Ticket-of-Leave Man. "He translated Villemarque's "The Ballads and Songs of Brittany"; and published "Life and Times of Sir Joshua Reynolds" (1865).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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