1. George Hogarth WS was a Scottish lawyer, newspaper editor, music critic, and musicologist.
11 Facts About George Hogarth
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George Hogarth authored several books on opera and Victorian musical life in addition to contributing articles to various publications.
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George Hogarth studied law and music at the University of Edinburgh and became a violoncellist and a composer, and acted as joint secretary to the Edinburgh Music Festival.
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George Hogarth practiced law during the first two decades of the 19th century; counting among his clients Sir Walter Scott.
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George Hogarth lived then at 2 Nelson Street in Edinburgh's Second New Town.
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George Hogarth moved to 19 Albany street in the late 1820s.
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George Hogarth first worked as a music critic for The Harmonicon and the Edinburgh Courant magazine during the 1820s, continuing with The Harmonicon in the early 1830s after moving his family to London.
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In 1831 George Hogarth was editor of a pro-Tory newspaper the Western Luminary, then in 1832 moved to Halifax becoming the first editor of the Halifax Guardian.
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George Hogarth had previously met Dickens in 1834 while they were both working for the Morning Chronicle.
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From 1850 to 1864 George Hogarth served as the Royal Philharmonic Society's Secretary.
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George Hogarth died in London in 1870 at the age of 86.