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Henry Vizetelly (1820–1894)
Vizetelly, Henry. An English publisher, journalist and author; born in London, July 30, 1820; died at Tilford near Farnham, Jan. 1, 1894. He was the first publisher to introduce to English readers ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ and the works of Poe, Zola, and Tolstoy; and in 1843 founded the Pictorial Times, one of the pioneer journals of the British pictorial press. His earliest work, ‘The Story of the Diamond Necklace’ (1867), a sketch of the Countess de la Motte, was followed by a translation of Topin’s ‘Man with the Iron Mask’ (1879); ‘Berlin under the New Empire’ (1879); ‘Paris in Peril’ (1882), a vivid account of the siege of 1870–71; ‘A History of Champagne,’ a monograph on wines; ‘Glances Back through Seventy Years’ (1893).