MAGINN, WILLIAM

MAGINN, WILLIAM
   a witty, generous-hearted Irishman, born in Cork; a man of versatile ability, who contributed largely to Blackwood, and became editor of Fraser's Magazine, in the conduct of which latter he gathered round him as contributors a number of the most eminent literary men; the stories and verses he wrote gave signs of something like genius (1793-1842).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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