Robert B. (Robert Barnabas) Brough

Born in London in 1828, Robert Barnabas Brough wrote poetry, novels, plays, and a large amount of periodical journalism. Reliable reference sources agree that he was an English writer who contributed to many magazines and newspapers, and that his work ranged across several popular literary forms of his time.

Biographical records describe an early working life outside the center of literary society before he built a name in journalism and comic writing. He was associated with satirical publishing, including the founding of the Liverpool Lion, and later contributed to comic papers in London. Sources also note his connection with the Savage Club, placing him among the energetic, bohemian literary circles of the 1850s.

Brough died in 1860 at only thirty-two. Even with such a short life, he left behind a varied body of work that shows the restless pace and range of Victorian popular writing, moving easily between wit, drama, and social commentary.