FITZGIBBON

Edward ( son of a land agent d. 1817 ). b. Limerick, Aug. 1803; came to London 1817; articled to a surgeon 1819–20; cla ical tutor in the provinces 1820–23; at Marseilles 1824–30 studying the language and literature; parliamentary reporter for Morning Chronicle 1830; wrote on angling for Bell’s Life under pseudonym of Ephemera; wrote for the Observer and acted as a theatrical critic; from 1830 his writings gave great impulse to the art of fishing, were the means of improving fishing tackle and of increasing the rents of rivers; he once killed 52 salmon on the Shin river in 55 hours fishing; author of Handbook of Angling, By Ephemera 1847, 3 ed. 1853; The book of the Salmon 1850; author with W. Shipley of A true treatise on the art of fly fishing 1838, and with A. Young of Natural History of the Salmon 1854; ed. The Compleat Angler of Walton and Cotton 1853. d. 19 Nov. 1857. bur. High gate cemetery 25 Nov. Baron Nicholson’s Autobiography (1860) 334–6; Bell’s Life in London 22 Nov. 1857 p. 8, 29 Nov. p. 5 .