Du Maurier
GEORGE LOUIS PALMELLA BUSSON (dü-mō-ryā'), a famous delineator of English society in "Punch," and in later years a novelist; born in Paris, March 6, 1834. In his childhood his parents settled in London.
He began in 1850 to study art in London, Paris, and Antwerp; returning to London he was employed on the illustrated periodicals, and from 1864 to his death was of the regular staff of "Punch." He wrote and illustrated three stories: "Peter Ibbetson" (1891); "Trilby" (1894); "The Martian" (1897). He died in London, Oct. 8, 1896.