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THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811-63)

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THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811-63)

The novelist William Thackeray had a brain that weighed 58.5 ounces. Despite this, he once gambled away £1500 in one night as a student. He had a pet cat called Louisa.


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