George H. Jessop

George H. Jessop was an Irish playwright, journalist and novelist.[1][2] Born in Doory Hall, Ballymahon, County Longford, in 1852,[3] he died in Hampstead, London, in 1915.[3][4] Jessop lived and worked in the United States for many years.

His numerous works included the opera Shamus O'Brien (written with Charles Villiers Stanford) and the novel Gerald Ffrench's Friends.[1] He also contributed to the magazines Puck and Judge.[5]

He was the brother of the Irish writer Mary Kathleen Jessop.[3]

References
  1. Cowgill, Rachel; David Cooper; Clive Brown (2010). Art and Ideology in European Opera: Essays in Honour of Julian Rushton. Boydell Press. p. 91. ISBN 9781843835677.
  2. "Oxford Reference: George H. Jessop". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
  3. "An Electronic Version of A Guide to Irish Fiction 1650–1900: Jessop, George Henry". Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
  4. "George H. Jessop Dead.; Author of Sam'l of Posen and Shamus O'Brien Dies in London". The New York Times. March 23, 1915.
  5. Fanning, Charles (1999). The Irish Voice In America: 250 Years of Irish-American Fiction (2nd ed.). University Press of Kentucky. p. 183. ISBN 9780813127606.
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