Edward Howard (novelist)

Edward Howard (baptised 1793 – 30 December 1841) was an English novelist and sub-editor of The Metropolitan Magazine. He then worked for New Monthly Magazine. His most successful books were Sir Henry Morgan and Rattlin the Reefer.[1]

Life

Howard entered the navy, where Captain Frederick Marryat was his shipmate. On obtaining his discharge he became a contributor of sea stories to periodical literature. When Marryat took the editorship of the Metropolitan Magazine in 1832, he chose Howard as his sub-editor. Howard later joined the staff of the New Monthly Magazine, then edited by Thomas Hood. Howard died suddenly on 30 December 1841.[2] His widow, Anne Roper Howard, remarried in 1846 Octavian Blewitt, secretary to the Royal Literary Fund.

Works

His Rattlin the Reefer, 3 vols. London, 1836, a maritime novel, was marketed as "edited by the author of Peter Simple," and on this account was erroneously assigned to Marryat. It is available free as an E-book.[3] Howard's other works, which were mostly issued as "by the author of Rattlin the Reefer," are:

  • The Old Commodore, 3 vols. London, 1837
  • Outward Bound; or, a Merchant's Adventures, London, 1838
  • Memoirs of Admiral Sir Sidney Smith, K.C.B., 2 vols. London, 1839. Volume 1 • Volume 2
  • Jack Ashore, 3 vols. London, 1840
  • The Centiad: a Poem in four books, London, 1841
  • Sir Henry Morgan, the Buccaneer, 3 vols. London, 1842 (another edition 1857)
  • The Marine Ghost, in Part i. of Tales from Bentley, 1859[2]

References
  1. Hinings, Jessica (September 2004), "Howard, Edward (bap. 1793, d. 1841)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, retrieved 20 May 2010
  2. "Howard, Edward (d.1841)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  3. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
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