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Philip Wharton

1834–1860

A short-lived Victorian writer, he is chiefly remembered for lively society books published with his mother under the shared pen name Grace and Philip Wharton. His work helped turn sketches of famous women and fashionable figures into popular reading for a wide audience.

4 Audiobooks

The Wits and Beaux of Society. Volume 2

The Wits and Beaux of Society. Volume 2

by Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton

Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself,

Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself,

by Mary Robinson, Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton

The Wits and Beaux of Society. Volume 2

The Wits and Beaux of Society. Volume 2

by Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton

Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire

Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire

by Mary Robinson, Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton

About the author

Philip Wharton was an English writer who lived from 1834 to 1860. Surviving catalog records link him to books including The Queens of Society, The Wits and Beaux of Society, Almæ Matres, Sacred Lay, and a version of the Bhagavad-Gita.

He is most often associated with the collaborative byline “Grace and Philip Wharton,” used on popular historical and biographical works. Library records also connect those books with Mrs. A. T. Thomson, better known as Katherine Thomson, which suggests that his best-known publications were produced in close partnership with his mother.

Because he died young, detailed biographical information is scarce. What stands out is the range of his credited work: from literary and social portraiture to poetry and translation, all before his death in 1860.