Edward Fitzball
Playwright
Edward Fitzball was a popular English playwright, who specialised in melodrama. His real surname was Ball, and he was born at Burwell, Cambridgeshire.
Fitzball was educated in Newmarket, was apprenticed to a Norwich printer in 1809. Wikipedia
Born: March 20, 1793, Burwell, United Kingdom
Died: October 27, 1873 (age 80 years), Chatham, United Kingdom