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Trollope (ANTHONY an English novelist)

ANTHONY, an English novelist; born in London, England, April 24, 1815; a younger son of TROLLOPE Frances M. Trollope. He was educated at Harrow and Winchester; in 1834 became a clerk in the postoffice, and in 1841 was appointed clerk to a postoffice surveyor in Ireland. His Irish experiences gave him material for his first novels, "The Macdermots of Ballycloran" (1847), and the "Kellys and the O'Kellys" (1848), neither of which was successful. His first success was "The Warden" (1855); followed by "Barchester Towers" (1857); "Dr. Thorne" (1858); "The Bertrams" (1859); "Framley Parsonage" (1861); "The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson" (1862); "Orley Farm" (1862); "The Last Chronicles of Barset" (1867); "Ralph the Heir" (1871); "The Way We Live Now" (1875); "The Prime Minister" (1876); "Marion Fay" (1882); "The Land- Leaguers" (1883); etc. He also published accounts of his travels, including "The West Indies and the Spanish Main" (1859); "Australia and New Zealand" (1873); "South Africa" (1878); besides a "Life of Cicero" (1881). He died in London, Dec. 6, 1882.