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Albert Smith (1816–1860)
Smith, Albert. An English humorist; born at Chertsey in Surrey, May 24, 1816; died at Fulham in Middlesex, May 23, 1860. He was a leading contributor to Punch. He wrote: ‘The Adventures of Mr. Ledbury’; ‘Christopher Tadpole’; ‘Pottleton’s Legacy’; a series of “natural histories” of ‘The Gent,’ ‘The Ballet Girl,’ ‘The Idler upon Town,’ ‘The Flirt’; and ‘The Medical Student,’ a small volume of amusing skits.