- ...Anglo-Indian descent, and his father, Richmond Thackeray, was appointed to a lucrative position as Collector of a district near Calcutta soon after William's birth.
- There is a fine miniature portrait of Anne Becher Thackeray and William Makepeace Thackeray, aged about two, done in Madras by George Chinnery c. 1813.
- Their only child, William, was born on 18 July 1811. An Uneasy Victorian: Thackeray the Man, 1811–1863. Thackeray: The Uses of Adversity, 1811–1846.
- William Makepeace Thackeray was a prominent 19th-century British author, best known for his satirical novels and keen social observations.
- William Makepeace Thackeray was born in Calcutta, India, the only son of Richmond Thackeray, a Collector in the East Indian Company's service.
- "Thackeray, William Makepeace," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910).
- William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863) was an English writer. His finest work, 'Vanity Fair', brought him fame, and comparisons with Dickens.
- WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY (1811-1863), one of the greatest of English authors and novelists, son of Richmond Thackeray (Mrs Richmond Thackeray...
- Thackeray attended Cambridge, where he lost a poetry contest to one Alfred Tennyson, though several of William's satirical poems were published around this time.
- William Makepeace Thackeray was a British novelist, essayist, and satirist best known for his sharp social commentary and realistic portrayal of Victorian society.