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British journalist, sportswriter, and writer
Pierce Egan (1772–1849) was a British journalist, sportswriter, and writer on popular culture. His popular book Life in London, published in 1821, was
Pierce_Egan
English journalist and novelist
Pierce Egan the Younger (1814 – 6 July 1880) was an English journalist and novelist. The son of Pierce Egan, the author of Life in London, associated
Pierce_Egan_the_Younger
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Egan (1772–1849), British journalist Pierce Egan the Younger (1814–1880), English journalist Pierce Freelon (born 1983), American politician Pierce Fulton
Pierce_(given_name)
19th-century novel
Sprees through the Metropolis – is a book by the author and journalist Pierce Egan, first published in 1821. It depicts the progress through London of two
Life_in_London_(novel)
Leader of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt (1341 or c. 1320 – 1381)
Bondman: A Story of the Days of Wat Tyler (1833). He is the protagonist in Pierce Egan the Younger's novel Wat Tyler, or the Rebellion of 1381 (1841), a highly
Wat_Tyler
the English sportswriter and journalist Pierce Egan, and part-published by George Smeeton in the 1810s. Egan wrote magazine articles about the bareknuckle
Boxiana
English boxer (1764–1836)
and he thoroughly thrashed his opponent, ten minutes into the bout. Pierce Egan, English boxing author of the period, noted that many in the crowd were
Daniel_Mendoza
Christmas-time cocktail in the United States
States, sometimes attributed to British writer and boxing journalist Pierce Egan in the 1820s. It is a variant of eggnog with brandy and rum added and
Tom_and_Jerry_(drink)
Children's nursery rhyme
contemporary account of the London Prize Ring, Boxiana, published in 1829, Pierce Egan writes of an attempted fix (or "cross") of a match scheduled for 18 October
The_Muffin_Man
Character from the Robin Hood legend
this tale is combined with that of Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar. In Pierce Egan the Younger's story Robin Hood and Little John, Alan is given the name
Alan-a-Dale
British boxer
boxing writer Pierce Egan, the well-dressed, literate and self-confident Richmond came on the receiving end of racist attitudes in Yorkshire. Egan described
Bill_Richmond
Era of British history, c. 1795 to 1837
Retrieved 2 July 2017. Pierce Egan, Boxiana, Volume I (1813). Snowdon, David (2013). Writing the Prizefight: Pierce Egan's Boxiana World. Warner, Pelham
Regency_era
Fictitious identity for Robin Hood
later writers of fiction, beginning at Pierce Egan the Younger's 1840 novel Robin Hood and Little John. In Egan's story there were, genealogically, two
Robert_Fitzooth
English bare-knuckle boxer (1777–1809)
Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism volume 1 page 145, Pierce Egan David Snowdon, 'Writing the Prizefight: Pierce Egan's Boxiana World' (2013) v t e
Hen_Pearce
English boxer (1768–1843)
Boxiana volume 2, pages 192ff (Pierce Egan 1829) Coverage of Owen's fight with Hooper in Boxiana volume 1, page 191 (Pierce Egan 1830) Coverage of Owen's fight
Thomas_Owen_(boxer)
English boxer (1794–1828)
fell and fainted. [...] The fight thus terminated in 54 1/2 minutes'. Pierce Egan wrote of the match that "The most experienced judges of boxing agree
Jack_Randall_(boxer)
English bare-knuckle boxer (1781–1848)
Cribb, on 20 July 1805. Later, the foremost prizefighting reporter, Pierce Egan, stated that he was aware that some "friends of the CHAMPION" had encouraged
Tom_Cribb
English bare-knuckle fighter (1781–1811)
bulldog Trusty. Portraits are given in 'Pugilistica' and Boxiana, in which Pierce Egan remarks upon his likeness to Napoleon. A link between the silver and
James_Belcher
English bare-knuckle boxer (c. 1703–1789)
century, until they were replaced by the London Prize Ring rules in 1838. Pierce Egan characterised Broughton as the "Father of the English School of Boxing"
Jack_Broughton
1821 the writer Pierce Egan wrote a semi-autobiographical account of a visit to the Coach and Horses public house on Nightingale Lane. Egan compared the
Thomas_More_Street
1997 novel by George MacDonald Fraser
including: Tom Molineaux Bill Richmond Tom Cribb George IV Beau Brummel Pierce Egan Harriette Wilson Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort "The Arts: A FAREWELL
Black_Ajax
18th century English martial artist
of the most famous prizefighters of her time, and writers including Pierce Egan and Thomas Moore celebrated her career into the early 19th century. Little
Elizabeth_Wilkinson
Stage adaptation by William Moncrieff of Pierce Egan's ''Life in London, ...''
London, first staged in 1821 was one of several stage adaptations of Pierce Egan's popular book Life in London, published earlier in that year. Its most
Tom and Jerry, or Life in London
Tom_and_Jerry,_or_Life_in_London
French writer and dramatist (1802–1870)
in English in 2008 as The Last Cavalier. These were a translation of Pierce Egan the Younger's Robin Hood and Little John, originally published in England
Alexandre_Dumas
Traditional English pub game
"Black Sal," which appeared in an 1821 novel entitled Life in London by Pierce Egan, a contemporary of Charles Dickens. The game dates back to the 17th century
Aunt_Sally
Surname list
Peter Egan British actor Philip Egan (born 1955), Bishop of Portsmouth Pierce Egan, journalist Richard Egan (disambiguation), several people Robert Egan, American
Egan_(surname)
Fictional opera character
protagonist of the 1841 Victorian penny dreadful Captain Macheath by Pierce Egan the Younger. In Charles Dickens' novel, Little Dorrit, he is quoted by
Captain_Macheath
English bareknuckle prizefighter (1753–1794)
possibly retired in 1792 due to ill health. The early boxing writer Pierce Egan, however, wrote in 1813's Boxiana that Brain remained the recognised
Benjamin_Brain
2011 American adventure drama film
by Alexandre Dumas in 1864 as a French translation of an 1838 work by Pierce Egan the Younger in England. The book is symbolic, as Hugo must avoid the
Hugo_(film)
American animator and cartoonist (1911–2006)
adopted the name coined in Life in London, a 1821 British novel written by Pierce Egan. When Van Beuren closed in 1936, Barbera moved to Paul Terry's Terrytoons
Joseph_Barbera
Well-known blood sport arena in nineteenth-century London
ed. (1854). Noctes Ambrosianae, Volume 5. Redfield. p. 288. P. Egan (1832). Pierce Egan's book of sports, and mirror of life: embracing the turf, the chase
Westminster_Pit
English boxer (1769–1845)
Jackson as the "Emperor of Pugilism", and the leading prizefight reporter, Pierce Egan, writing in Boxiana declared him to be the "fixed star" of the "Pugilistic
John_Jackson_(English_boxer)
English boxer (1775–1816)
match with a stronger boxer. Though Sam was knocked down twelve times, Pierce Egan, the most noted boxing historian of the era, defended Sam, believing
Dutch_Sam
English boxer (1763–1803)
that he was a market gardener. The primary sources for Bartholomew are Pierce Egan's 'Boxiana' and Henry Downes Miles 'Pugilistica'. Bartholomew defeated
Jack_Bartholomew_(boxer)
British boxer and politician (1783–1863)
on both occasions. The foremost prizefighting reporter of the period, Pierce Egan, recorded their battle of 14 October 1807: ‘Gregson’s strength was manifest
John_Gully
Irish boxer (1788–1820)
Snowdon, Writing the Prizefight: Pierce Egan's Boxiana World (Bern, 2013) David Snowdon, Writing the Prizefight: Pierce Egan's Boxiana World MacThomáis, Shane
Dan_Donnelly_(boxer)
Mixed breed of dogs
staunch than the terrier, and not too powerful for the badger." In 1822, Pierce Egan, a sporting event commentator of the 1820s, first introduced the name
Bull_and_terrier
British Thoroughbred racehorse
Retrieved 2012-02-01. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help) Pierce Egan (1832). Pierce Egan's book of sports. T.T. Tegg and J. Tegg. p. 186. Retrieved 2012-02-01
Tyrant_(British_horse)
Creamy dairy-based beverage
once popular." The Tom and Jerry was invented by British journalist Pierce Egan in the 1820s, using brandy and rum added to eggnog and served hot, usually
Eggnog
Italian-Japanese anime
mostly pre-teens. The series is based on Alexandre Dumas' translations of Pierce Egan the Younger's Robin Hood and Little John (1838). Robin's palace is burned
Robin_Hood_(1990_TV_series)
Human settlement in England
landlord and more than forty black drinkers. Around 1821 the writer Pierce Egan wrote a semi-autobiographical account of a visit to the Coach and Horses
East_Smithfield
Flemish painter (1466–1530)
the career of Peter Paul Rubens). A penny serial by the British author Pierce Egan the Younger entitled Quintin Matsys was published in 1839. Joiners' Guild
Quentin_Matsys
Heroic outlaw in English folklore
aimed at them. A very influential example of these children's novels was Pierce Egan the Younger's Robin Hood and Little John (1840). This was adapted into
Robin_Hood
Topics referred to by the same term
in London (novel), an 1821 book by Pierce Egan Tom and Jerry, or Life in London, an 1821 play adapted from Egan's book Culture of London Omnibus Life
Life_in_London
Area of London, England
developers, club says". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 August 2018. Pierce Egan, Pierce Egan's Anecdotes (original and Selected) of the Turf, the Chase, the
Mitcham
Chris Dundee (1994) Don Dunphy (1993) Dan Duva (2003) Lou Duva (1998) Pierce Egan (1991) Don Elbaum (2019) Whitey Esneault (2016) Shelly Finkel (2010)
International Boxing Hall of Fame
International_Boxing_Hall_of_Fame
English painter and engraver
thirty-six designs by him, entitled The Life of an Actor, with letterpress by Pierce Egan, was published in 1825. Lane also etched some prints of sporting and
Theodore_Lane
had started in the interim) and installed Percy B. St. John and then Pierce Egan as editor. After Stiff's bankruptcy in 1862, W. S. Johnson became proprietor
The_London_Journal
Combat sport and martial art
face (including forehead) as the basic blows. The British sportswriter Pierce Egan coined the term "the sweet science" as an epithet for prizefighting—or
Boxing
Fighting monkey
hundred guinea match between Jacco and "Belcher's celebrated dog Trusty". Pierce Egan also wrote about a battle between the "monkey phenomenon" and a dog in
Jacco_Macacco
British boxer (1766–1833)
day, including Caleb Baldwin, and Jem Belcher. The noted early boxing Pierce Egan notes that the early 'trifling skirmishes of [Tom Jones] are too numerous
Paddington_Tom_Jones
Topics referred to by the same term
and Jerry, or Life in London, staged in 1821, based on characters by Pierce Egan "Tom and Jerry", a short story featured in All in the Day's Riding, a
Tom and Jerry (disambiguation)
Tom_and_Jerry_(disambiguation)
Form of journalism that reports on sporting topics and competitions
elite. In the early nineteenth century, popular British sportswriter Pierce Egan coined the term "the Sweet Science" as an epithet for prizefighting —
Sports_journalism
Blood sport
of reach of their jaws. The following is a fictionalized account by Pierce Egan from Life in London in which his heroes, Tom and Jerry, visit the Westminster
Monkey-baiting
English boxer (1808–1843)
and later as a press boy and sheet folder for the printing presses of Pierce Egan. He was also a marker at the King's Bench Racket-ground, where he learned
Young_Dutch_Sam
1940 American animated short film
1821 Pierce Egan's book titled Life in London where the names originated, which was based on George Cruikshank's, Isaac Robert Cruikshank's, and Egan's own
Puss_Gets_the_Boot
longest Robin Hood novel, standing at almost half-a-million words, is Pierce Egan the Younger's Robin Hood and Little John; or, The Merrie Men of Sherwood
Cultural depictions of Robin Hood
Cultural_depictions_of_Robin_Hood
Bare-knuckle boxer (1784–1818)
for the English title. According to the journalist and sportswriter Pierce Egan, who was present, Molineaux stood at five foot eight and a quarter inches
Tom_Molineaux
was greatly effected by the view that he lacked honesty. In Boxiana, Pierce Egan praised his strength and skill, but was scathing of his character while
William_Stevens_(boxer)
Holcroft's A Tale of Mystery was the first of many English melodramas. Pierce Egan, Douglas William Jerrold, Edward Fitzball, James Roland MacLaren and
Theatre_of_the_United_Kingdom
American journalist (1904–1963)
Sweet Science, published by Viking Press in 1956. The book refers to Pierce Egan's early nineteenth-century prizefighting series Boxiana, quoted several
A._J._Liebling
Bare-knuckle boxer (1797–1830)
Daniel Mendoza, Belasco's mentor, attended the Synagogue in the 1800s. Pierce Egan in Boxiana, describing Belasco's pluck, determination, and ability to
Abey_Belasco
19th century English language idioms
and the United States in the 1820s, based on the newspaper column by Pierce Egan Victorian literature Lists of English words Nutall 1920, p. 352 Nutall
List of English-language idioms of the 19th century
List_of_English-language_idioms_of_the_19th_century
Robert Southey's dramatic poem Wat Tyler (1794), and novels such as Pierce Egan the Younger's Wat Tyler (1841), William Harrison Ainsworth's Merry England
14th_century_in_literature
Boxing without the use of boxing gloves
Nov 2006 by Merlin Publishing David Snowdon, Writing the Prizefight: Pierce Egan's Boxiana World (2013) Interview with bare knuckle boxer from the 1950s
Bare-knuckle_boxing
English dramatist and author
Jerry, or Life in London (1821), a dramatisation of Life in London by Pierce Egan. Tom and Jerry was an outstanding success, becoming the first play to
William_Thomas_Moncrieff
Cannon Henry Chadwick Bill Corum Adeline Daley George W. Daley Dan Daniel Pierce Egan Charley Feeney Larry Felser Otto Floto Mary Garber Idah McGlone Gibson
List of American sportswriters
List_of_American_sportswriters
Bulgaria, p/nf) Brendon Egan (born 1984, N Zealand, nf) Greg Egan (born 1961, Australia, f) Pierce Egan (1772–1849, England, nf) Pierce Egan the Younger (1814–1880
List_of_writers_by_name:_E
1930s animated characters created by the Van Beuren Studio
Betty Boop. The names “Tom” and “Jerry” were not created by Van Beuren. Pierce Egan's 1821 book Life in London featured Regency rakes named Tom and Jerry;
Tom_and_Jerry_(Van_Beuren)
Irish clan of lawyers
Francis Egan, American writer and diplomat Michael Egan (disambiguation), several people Philip Egan (born 1955), Bishop of Portsmouth Pierce Egan, journalist
Mac_Aodhagáin
Highly populated urban residential area consisting mostly of decrepit housing units
gypsy language, or a room with "low going-ons". In Life in London (1821) Pierce Egan used the word in the context of the "back slums" of Holy Lane or St Giles
Slum
Astronomical phenomenon
first recorded instances of "blue moon" as a metaphor. The OED cites Pierce Egan's Real Life in London (1821) as the earliest known occurrence of "blue
Blue_moon
History
Historic and Local New Bath Guide (4th ed.). Bath: C. Duffield. c. 1815. Pierce Egan (1819). Walks Through Bath. Bath: Meyler and Son. OL 7233349M. James
Timeline_of_Bath,_Somerset
1992 debut single by the Verve
keyboardist Kate Radley in 1995; she was previously in a relationship with Pierce. Egan said Spiritualized's album Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
All_in_the_Mind_(song)
19th-century European and US theatre culture
Holcroft's A Tale of Mystery was the first of many English melodramas. Pierce Egan, Douglas William Jerrold, Edward Fitzball, James Roland MacLaren and
Nineteenth-century_theatre
British caricaturist and book illustrator (1792–1878)
portraying them as unfeminine and grotesque. His first major work was Pierce Egan's Life in London (1821) in which the characters Tom and Jerry, two 'men
George_Cruikshank
New Zealand professor of English
(1978) The Hidden World of Charles Dickens (1977) Bucks and Bruisers: Pierce Egan and Regency England (1971) Thomas Hood (1963) Francis Thompson, Man and
John Reid (New Zealand academic)
John_Reid_(New_Zealand_academic)
Holcroft's A Tale of Mystery was the first of many English melodramas. Pierce Egan, Douglas William Jerrold, Edward Fitzball, and John Baldwin Buckstone
History_of_theatre
British Sunday newspaper
Prospectus. ESTC citation no. T124125. J. C. Reid, Bucks and Bruisers: Pierce Egan and Regency England (London, 1971), p. 28. "Circulation figures". The
Bell's_Weekly_Messenger
List of martial art moves
Thomas Midleton and William Rowley: A Faire Quarrell, I.T. 1617, E2-E3. Egan, Pierce: Anecdotes of the turf, the chase, the ring and the stage, Knight & Lacey
Cornish_wrestling_throws
Two cats who fought leaving only their tails
countenances. In Real life in Ireland, an 1821 stage Irish novel by Pierce Egan, Captain Grammachree, a retired soldier, tells Brian Boru, a young country
Kilkenny_cats
Collection of boxing essays
writer Pierce Egan as a model, and The Sweet Science draws on Egan's Boxiana. The book's title derives from an expression attributed to Egan and used
The_Sweet_Science_(book)
Gentleman, Pitch Publishing (2017) - Google Books Pierce Egan's Book of Sports, and Mirror of Life, Pierce Egan, T. T. and J. Tegg, London (1832) - Google Books
Bob_Gregson
18th century mock elections in England
in Two Acts. Charles Wiley. Egan, Pierce, ed. (1823). Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. London: Pierce Egan. Barker, George Fisher Russell
Garrat_Elections
Legendary English outlaw and archer
Bell. Adam Bell is the chief protagonist of the penny dreadful novel by Pierce Egan the Younger entitled Adam Bell, or, The Archers of Englewood published
Adam_Bell
Ancient Manor County Dublin in Ireland
Picture of Dublin (1821), p. 62 Reid, John Cowie (1970). Bucks and bruisers: Pierce Egan and Regency England. London: Routledge. p. 3. ISBN 0-7100-6967-7.
Manor_of_Kilmainham
English printer and compiler of biographical collections
The London Spy and the compilations of Pierce Egan and Charles Molloy Westmacott. Brailsford, Dennis. "Egan, Pierce". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
George_Smeeton
poet Richard Eedes (died 1686), religious writer Pierce Egan (1772–1849), sports writer Pierce Egan the Younger (1814–1880), novelist Elizabeth Egerton
List_of_English_writers_(D–J)
Beggar, actor and musician (c. 1778–1823)
Tom and Jerry, or Life in London, an unauthorised stage adaptation of Pierce Egan's Life in London, or Days and Nights of Jerry Hawthorne and his elegant
Billy_Waters_(busker)
British academic, author, and voluminous translator
Thieves (1904) (back translation, as the text was a French translation of Pierce Egan the Younger's 1838 work) Queen Margot (La Reine Margot) Pt. 1: The Great
Alfred_Richard_Allinson
Town in West Midlands, England
the profitable failure". Grocer. Vol. 217, no. 7195. 1995. Egan, Pierce (1836). Pierce Eganʼs Book of Sports, and Mirror of Life Embracing the Turf, the
Wednesbury
English painter
London; or The rambles and adventures of Bob Tallyho ..., Volume 2 By Pierce Egan The Art and Practice of Etching by Henry Alken, 1849 R. R. Tatlock. Henry
Henry_Thomas_Alken
English bare-knuckle fighter (c.1750–1797)
1995. Tom Johnson was born in Derby, England in about 1750, although Pierce Egan, an early historian of boxing, states that Johnson was born in Yorkshire
Tom Johnson (bareknuckle boxer)
Tom_Johnson_(bareknuckle_boxer)
British poet (1788–1824)
Volume 1, 1897 Baron (1997). David Snowdon, Writing the Prizefight: Pierce Egan's Boxiana World (Bern, 2013). Trelawny, Edward John (2011 edition). Recollections
Lord_Byron
English bare-knuckle prize fighter
bout that Painter lost, both men incurring serious injuries. Historian Pierce Egan described the bout as "enough to finish any two men", and by the time
Ned_Painter
Newspaper (1828–) The Spectator (1828–) The London Review (1829)[g] Pierce Egan's Book of Sports, and Mirror of Life (1829–1836).[a] Fraser's Magazine
List of 19th-century British periodicals
List_of_19th-century_British_periodicals
1948 film by Howard Bretherton
Little John, Or, The Merry Men of Sherwood Forest by English author Pierce Egan. The idea for making the film came from Charles Schneer who worked for
The_Prince_of_Thieves
English printer
Pickering. The two Whittinghams printed Knickerbocker's New York (1824), Pierce Egan's Life of an Actor (1825), Samuel Weller Singer's Shakespeare in ten volumes
Charles Whittingham (1795–1876)
Charles_Whittingham_(1795–1876)
Member of Robin Hood's Merry Men
Palice of Honure (1501). In the 1840 story Robin Hood and Little John by Pierce Egan the Younger (translated into French, divided into two parts and resumed
Gilbert_Whitehand
Scottish-born painter based in Ireland (born 1947)
by Sudeep Sen. Pierce had three children with her first husband, architect Richard Pierce. In 1993, she married Irish artist Felim Egan; they lived in
Janet_Pierce
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