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Richard Harris Barham (Thomas Ingoldsby) (1788–1845)
Barham, Richard Harris. An English clergyman and humorist; born in Canterbury, Dec. 6, 1788; died in London, June 17, 1845. Under the name of “Thomas Ingoldsby” he wrote the ‘Ingoldsby Legends,’ prose and verse (London, 1840–47), which were accorded a high place in humorous literature, and are now classics. He also wrote: ‘My Cousin Nicholas,’ a novel (1834); and ‘Life of Theodore Hook’ (1849). (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).