Charles Maturin

Irish writer

1782 – 1824 ·

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Born: 25 September 1782, Dublin
Died: 30 October 1824, Dublin
Citizenship: Kingdom of Ireland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Educated at: Trinity College, Dublin
Genre: Gothic literature, Gothic novel
Religion: Anglicanism
child: William Maturin, Fidelia Henrietta Maturin
described by source: Nordisk familjebok, Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Library of the World's Best Literature, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
family name: Maturin
father: William Maturin
given name: Charles
instance of: human
languages spoken, written or signed: English
mother: Fidelia Watson
name in native language: Charles Robert Maturin
pseudonym: Dennis Jasper Murphy
sex or gender: male
spouse: Henrietta Kingsbury
writing language: English

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Charles Robert Maturin, also known as C. R. Maturin (25 September 1780 – 30 October 1824), was an Irish Protestant clergyman (ordained in the Church of Ireland) and a writer of Gothic plays and novels. His best known work is the novel Melmoth the Wanderer, published in 1820 which made a great impact on writers such as Balzac, Baudelaire and Poe.

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