Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald (26 April 1830 – 24 November 1925) was an Anglo-Irish author and critic, painter and sculptor. Fitzgerald was born in Ireland at Fane Valley,

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, the son of Thomas FitzGerald. He was educated at Belvedere college Dublin,

Stonyhurst College Stonyhurst College or Stonyhurst is a co-educational Catholic Public school (United Kingdom), public school providing education for boarding school, boarding and day school, day pupils, adhering to the Society of Jesus, Jesuit tradition. It is ...

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, and at Trinity College,

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. He was called to the Irish bar and was for a time crown prosecutor on the northeastern circuit. After moving to London, he became a contributor to

Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and Social criticism, social critic. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by ...

's magazine, ''

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'', and later dramatic critic for the ''

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'' and the '' Whitehall Review''. Among his many writings are numerous biographies and works relating to the history of the theatre. He wrote:
''Life of Sterne''
(1864) (See Sterne.); 2nd edition; revised & enlarged (1896); reprinted 1904 * ''Charles Lamb'' (1866) (See

Charles Lamb Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 – 27 December 1834) was an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his '' Essays of Elia'' and for the children's book '' Tales from Shakespeare'', co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764� ...

.)
''Life of David Garrick''
(1868) (See

David Garrick David Garrick (19 February 1716 – 20 January 1779) was an English actor, playwright, Actor-manager, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of European theatrical practice throughout the 18th century, and was a pupil a ...

.)
The Kembles
(1871)
''The Romance of the English Stage''
(1874) * ''Croker’s Boswell and Boswell: Studies in the “Life of Johnson”'' (Chapman and Hall, 1880)
''Life of George IV''
(1881) (See

George IV George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 29 January 1820 until his death in 1830. At the time of his accession to the throne, h ...

.)
''A New History of the English Stage''
(1882)
''Recreations of a Literary Man''
(1882)
''Life and Times of William IV''
(1884) (See

William IV William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of George III, William succeeded hi ...

.)
''Lives of the Sheridans''
(1886)
''The Book Fancier''
(1886) *
''Life of James Boswell (of Auchinleck) with an Account of His Sayings, Doings, and Writings''
(1891) (See

James Boswell James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck (; 29 October 1740 ( N.S.) – 19 May 1795), was a Scottish biographer, diarist, and lawyer, born in Edinburgh. He is best known for his biography of the English writer Samuel Johnson, '' Life of Samuel ...

.) * ''

Henry Irving Sir Henry Irving (6 February 1838 – 13 October 1905), christened John Henry Brodribb, sometimes known as J. H. Irving, was an English stage actor in the Victorian era, known as an actor-manager because he took complete responsibility ( ...

: A Record of Twenty Years at the

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'' (1893)
''The Savoy Opera and the Savoyards''
(1894) (deals with operas of

Gilbert and Sullivan Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the dramatist W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and the composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900) and to the works they jointly created. The two men collaborated on fourteen com ...

.)
''Memoirs of an Author''
(London, 1895) * '' A Critical Examination of Dr G. Birkbeck Hill's "Johnsonian" Editions'' (1898)
''The Good Queen Charlotte''
(1899)
''The Garrick Club''
(1904)
''Life of Charles Dickens''
(1905)
''Sir Henry Irving, A Biography''
(1906) *
''Boswell's Autobiography''
(1912)
''Memories of Charles Dickens''
(1913)
''Worldlyman''
(1914) In 1900 he completed a bust of his friend Charles Dickens, which can be seen in the Pump Room in Bath. In 1910 he created a statue of

Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson ( – 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. The ''Oxford ...

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which is standing behind St Clement Danes, Strand, London
(Photo)
He is buried at

Glasnevin Cemetery Glasnevin Cemetery () is a large cemetery in Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland which opened in 1832. It holds the graves and memorials of several notable figures, and has a museum. Location The cemetery is located in Glasnevin, Dublin, in two part ...

, Dublin.

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