Thackeray (1811 ~ 1863) [Thackeray, William Makepeace] British writer. Born near Calcutta, India, on July 18, 1811.December 24, 1863, passed away in London. Father of the British East India Company officials. At 4-year-old, his father passed away, his stepfather was a wealthy merchant. Thackeray attended the United Kingdom Charterhouse School and Trinity College, and was accept to Cambridge. Thus he gained access to high society, and studied abroad in Europe . After college, he tried running a newspaper, and studied painting in Paris. In 1833, after squandering away money from his family, Thackeray worked for "Fraser magazine" and "clumsy" magazine as a columnist. During that time, he wrote a large number of short stories, novels, essays, travelogues, book reviews. After 1847, Thackeray began writing his serial novel "Vanity Fair", From 1851 to 1853 Thackeray held literary talks in the US, the speech was published as the "18th century British humorist." From 1859 to 1862,Thackeray became editor in chief for "Cornhill Magazine" .刚刚翻译了第一段,太长了。。