HOOK, THEODORE

HOOK, THEODORE
   comic dramatist, born in London; wrote a number of farces sparkling with wit and highly popular; appointed to be Accountant-General of the Mauritius, came to grief for peculation by a subordinate under his administration; solaced and supported himself after his acquittal by writing novels (1788-1841).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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