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Augustus Glossop Harris

Augustus Glossop Harris
Born
Augustus Frederick Glossop

(1825-06-05)5 June 1825
Portici, Naples, Italy
Died19 April 1873(1873-04-19) (aged 47)
London, England
Burial placeBrompton Cemetery
Occupation(s)Actor, writer, theatre manager
Spouse
Maria Ann Bone
(m. 1846)
Children5, including Patience and Augustus

Augustus Frederick Glossop Harris (5 June 1825 – 19 April 1873) was a British actor, writer, and theatre manager.

Born in Portici, Naples, Italy, on 5 June 1825,[1] he was the son of Joseph Glossop, first manager of the Royal Coburg Theatre (now known as the Victoria Theatre or the Old Vic), and opera singer Mme Féron (aka Fearon), a former prima donna assoluta at La Scala in Milan.[2][3]

  1. ^ 1871 Middlesex Census
  2. ^ Knight, Joseph; Banerji, Nilanjana. "Harris, Augustus Frederick Glossop [Augustus Glossop Harris]". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/12381. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ Sala, George Augustus (1898). The Life and Adventures of George Augustus Sala. Cassell. p. 124. Retrieved 17 September 2023 – via Internet Archive.

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