Mark Lemon was founding editor of both Punch and The Field. Born in London, England, he was the son of Martin Lemon, a hop merchant, and Alice Collis. His parents married on 26 December 1808 at St Mary, Marylebone, London. His father having died in 1817, Lemon was just 15 when he was sent to live in Boston,Lincolnshire with his mother's brother Thomas Collis.

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  • Mark Lemon was founding editor of both Punch and The Field. Born in London, England, he was the son of Martin Lemon, a hop merchant, and Alice Collis. His parents married on 26 December 1808 at St Mary, Marylebone, London. His father having died in 1817, Lemon was just 15 when he was sent to live in Boston,Lincolnshire with his mother's brother Thomas Collis. Mark had a natural talent for journalism and the stage, and, at twenty-six, retired from less congenial business to devote himself to the writing of plays. More than sixty of his melodramas, operettas and comedies were produced in London, whilst at the same time he was contributing to a wide variety of magazines and newspapers. He married Helen (Nelly) Romer, on 28th September 1839 in Kensington, London and had 8 children - sons Mark, Frank and Henry, and daughters Alice, Betty, Helen, Mary and Kate. Frank died shortly after he was born. In 1841 Lemon and Henry Mayhew conceived the idea of a humorous weekly paper to be called Punch, and when the first number was issued, in July 1841, were joint-editors and, with the printer and engraver, equal owners. The paper was for some time unsuccessful, Lemon keeping it alive out of the profits of his plays. On the sale of Punch, Lemon became sole editor for the new proprietors. It remained under his control until his death, achieving remarkable popularity and influence. Two other long-running magazines in which Lemon played a significant part were the Illustrated London News, the first publication to make use of pictures as well as text in reporting, which was founded by his friend Herbert Ingram, and The Field, of which he was founder editor (1853-1857). Lemon was an actor of ability, a pleasing lecturer and a successful impersonator of Shakespearian characters. He also wrote a host of novelettes and lyrics, over a hundred songs, a few three-volume novels, several Christmas fairy tales and a volume of jests. He was a stalwart of the London Gentlemen's club the Savage Club. He died in his adopted home town Crawley, West Sussex on 23 May 1870 and was buried in St Margaret's Church, Ifield.
  • Mark Lemon war ein englischer Journalist und Gründer der Zeitschrift „Punch“. Neben seinen journalistischen Arbeiten konnte Lemon auch erfolgreich mit eigenen belletristischen Werken reüssieren. Mehr als 60 Operetten-Libretti, Komödien, und Melodramen konnte er im Laufe seines Lebens veröffentlichen. Auch Weihnachtsmärchen, einige Romane und über hundert Lieder gehörten ebenfalls zu seinem Œuvre. 1841 gründete Lemon zusammen mit seinem Kollegen Henry Mayhew und dem Xylographen Ebenezer Landells satirische Wochenschrift „Punch“ und im Juli desselben Jahres konnten sie die erste Ausgabe der Öffentlichkeit präsentieren. Im Alter von über 60 Jahren starb Mark Lemon zu Hause in seinem Vine Cottage bei Crawley. Seine letzte Ruhestätte fand er auf dem Friedhof St. Margaret in Ifield (Nähe Crawley). Lemon war Mitglied des Savage Clubs in London.
  • Lemon iniziò a scrivere per il teatro a 26 anni; oltre 60 sue opere furono messe in scena a Londra. Contemporaneamente collaborava con diverse riviste e giornali. Fu fondatore e direttore prima di un giornale chiamato Field; nel 1841 concepì insieme a Henry Mayhew l'idea del settimanale Punch, di cui fu direttore dall'uscita del primo numero fino alla propria morte. Nei primi anni, prima che la rivista acquisisse la popolarità a cui era destinata, Lemon ne finanziò la pubblicazione con i profitti ricavati dalle sue opere teatrali. Lemon era noto anche come lecturer e per il suo talento nell'impersonare figure del teatro shakespeariano. Oltre a commedie, melodrammi e operette, scrisse innumerevoli novelle, centinaia di canzoni, alcuni romanzi, fiabe natalizie e via dicendo. Morì a Crawley, e fu sepolto presso St. Margarets Church, a Ifield.
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  • Mark Lemon was founding editor of both Punch and The Field. Born in London, England, he was the son of Martin Lemon, a hop merchant, and Alice Collis. His parents married on 26 December 1808 at St Mary, Marylebone, London. His father having died in 1817, Lemon was just 15 when he was sent to live in Boston,Lincolnshire with his mother's brother Thomas Collis.
  • Mark Lemon war ein englischer Journalist und Gründer der Zeitschrift „Punch“. Neben seinen journalistischen Arbeiten konnte Lemon auch erfolgreich mit eigenen belletristischen Werken reüssieren. Mehr als 60 Operetten-Libretti, Komödien, und Melodramen konnte er im Laufe seines Lebens veröffentlichen. Auch Weihnachtsmärchen, einige Romane und über hundert Lieder gehörten ebenfalls zu seinem Œuvre.
  • Lemon iniziò a scrivere per il teatro a 26 anni; oltre 60 sue opere furono messe in scena a Londra. Contemporaneamente collaborava con diverse riviste e giornali. Fu fondatore e direttore prima di un giornale chiamato Field; nel 1841 concepì insieme a Henry Mayhew l'idea del settimanale Punch, di cui fu direttore dall'uscita del primo numero fino alla propria morte.
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