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George du Maurier

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

March 6, 1834(62)

Day of Death

October 8, 1896

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Also Known As

George L. Du Maurier

George du Maurier

Writing

Biography

George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier (6 March 1834 – 8 October 1896) was a Franco-British cartoonist and author, known for his cartoons in Punch and for his novel Trilby. He was the father of actor Sir Gerald du Maurier and grandfather of writers Angela du Maurier and Dame Daphne du Maurier. He was also the father of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies and grandfather of the five boys who inspired J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan. Description above from the Wikipedia George du Maurier licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.