George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier (
6 March,
1834 –
8 October,
1896) was a British
author and
cartoonist, born in
Paris, France.He studied art in Paris, and moved to
Antwerp,
Belgium, where he lost vision in his left eye. He consulted an oculist in
Düsseldorf,
Germany, where he met his future wife, Emma Wightwick. He followed her family to
London, where he married Emma in
1863.He became a member of the staff of the satirical magazine
Punch in 1865, drawing two cartoons a week. His most famous cartoon, "", was the origin of the expressions "good in parts" and "a
curate's egg".
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