Charles Bullard Fairbanks

Charles Bullard Fairbanks was an American writer born in Boston on March 19, 1827, and he died on December 3, 1859. He is chiefly remembered for My Unknown Chum "Aguecheek", the book most closely associated with his name.

Sources found during this search describe him as a writer whose work helped him become known to later readers, even though his career was cut short in early adulthood. Some sources also say he became a convert to Catholicism and entered the Seminary of St. Sulpice in 1856 as a candidate for the priesthood.

Because the available information located here is fairly limited, the clearest picture is of a promising 19th-century American author whose reputation rests mainly on one distinctive book and the curiosity it has continued to inspire.