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In these few sentences we have a sketch of William Makepeace Thackeray's life, from the time he finished his education up to the age of twenty-six, when Carlyle met him. He was the son of Richmond Thackeray, a collector in the service of the East India Company, and was born in Calcutta in 1811. Little Billy-man, as his mother called him, in after years could remember very little of India.
Major Smyth was a simple, kindly gentleman, and proved a good stepfather to his wife's little boy, who, when he grew up and became famous drew his stepfather's portrait in the character of Colonel Newcome. Meanwhile Billy-man was separated from both father and mother, and sailed home under the care of a black servant. His ship called at St.
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