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William Maginn
William Maginn (1793‑1842), journalist and miscellaneous writer, born at Cork, became a contributor to Blackwood's Magazine , and afterwards foreign correspondent to The Representative , a paper started by J. Murray, the publisher, and when its short career was run, one of the leading supporters of Fraser's Magazine . One of the most brilliant periodical writers of his time, he has left no permanent work behind him. In his later years he fell into intemperate habits, and died in poverty.
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