“The world is a looking-glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.”
About William Makepeace Thackeray
18 July 1811–24 December 1863
William Makepeace Thackeray was born on 18 July 1811 in Calcutta, British India, into a family whose comfort and status were closely connected to the expanding machinery of the East India Company. His father, Richmond Thackeray, was a civil servant and collector of revenue; his mother, Anne Becher Thackeray, came from…