Gilbert Abbott À Beckett
A founder of first *Figaro in London* and then *Punch*, Gilbert Abbott à Beckett was also a magistrate, a playwright, and a long-time companion of Charles Dickens and of William Makepeace Thackeray, but best known as a satirist. His sons Gilbert Arthur à Beckett (1837-1891) and Arthur William à Beckett (1844-1909) pursued similar careers in satire and may easily be confused with him.
Books
The Comic History of England
1864
ISBN 9780342598847
George Cruikshank's Table-book
1878
The comic Blackstone
1844
ISBN 9781584771043
The comic history of Rome
1850
ISBN 9780865163331