Samuel Carter Hall

Samuel Carter Hall (9 May 1800 – 11 March 1889) was an Irish-born Victorian journalist who is best known for his editorship of The Art Journal and for his much-satirised personality. Early years Hall was born at the Geneva Barracks in Waterford, Ireland. His London-born father was Robert Hall (1753 – 10 January 1836), an army officer and, while in Ireland, engaged in working copper mines which ruined him. His mother supported the family of 12 children with her own business in Cork. He married Ann Kent (b. 1765, Ottery St. Mary, Devon) at Topsham, 6 April 1790. Hall was the fourth son. In 1821, he left Ireland and went to London. He entered law studies at the Inner Temple in 1824, but never practised, though he was finally called to the bar in 1841. Instead, he became a reporter and editor, including: Reporter, Parliamentary (1823) Editor, 'Literary Observer' Art reviews/criticism, the British Press (same period) Reporter, Representative (1826) Reporter, New Times (1826) Founder/editor, The Amulet, a Christian and Literary Remembrancer, (annually, 1826–1837) Editor, Spirit and Manners of the Age (1826) Editor, Morning Journal (1829–30) Sub-editor/Editor New Monthly Magazine (1830–1836)'s Juvenile Library Author, "History of France", Colburn Writer, Watchman, Wesleyan Methodist newspaper, (1835) Start-up, The Town, conservative whig journal, (1836) Sub-editor, John Bull (1837) General manager, Britannia (1839) Between 1841 and 1843 he and his wife produced a three volume study of Ireland aimed at the English reader, focusing on the pace of social reform and the potential for economic development. It is notable for its description of life in rural Ireland in the year directly preceding the Great Famine. Art magazine years