Maturin

Maturin, CHARLES ROBERT, dramatist and romancer, was born in 1782, waged warfare with poverty as curate of St Peter's, Dublin, and died there, October 30, 1824, after making his name at least notorious by a series of extravagant novels that outdid Mrs Radcliffe. These were The Fatal Revenge, The Wild Irish Boy, The Milesian Chief; and later, Women, Melmoth, and The Albigenses. His tragedy, Bertram, had a success at Drury Lane in 1816; its successors, Manuel and Fredolpho, were promptly damned.