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- Matthew James Higgins (4 de diciembre de 1810 - 14 de agosto de 1868) fue un escritor británico nacido en el Condado de Meath, Irlanda. También se le conoce por su pseudónimo literario Jacob Omnium, un nombre que a la vez fue el título de su primer artículo publicado en una revista. Fue conocido principalmente por las numerosas cartas que escribía para el diario británico The Times con el fin de denunciar los abusos. Contribuyó en la célebre revista literaria victoriana The Cornhill Magazine y fue amigo del novelista William Makepeace Thackeray, quien le dedicó la obra The Adventures of Philip y también una composición poética llamada Jacob Omnium's Hoss, haciendo referencia a un incidente en la carrera de Higgins. Algunos de sus artículos se publicaron en 1875, años más tarde de su fallecimiento. (es)
- Matthew James Higgins (4 December 1810 – 14 August 1868) was a British writer who used the pen name Jacob Omnium, which was the title of his first magazine article. He was born in County Meath, Ireland to a landed family. He owned an estate in British Guiana, which he visited twice. Higgins became well known for his aggressive, campaigning journalism. His first essay was a satire on dishonest business practices, entitled "Jacob Omnium, the Merchant Prince". It was published in New Monthly Magazine in 1845. Though the name was that of the villain, he adopted it as his main pen-name. Nevertheless he also used other names such as "Civilian", "Paterfamilias", "West Londoner", "Belgravian Mother", "Mother of Six" and "John Barleycorn". He was particularly active on behalf of sufferers from the Great Famine in 1847, demanding more decisive action and volunteering as an agent of the British Relief Association. His The real bearings of the West India question (1847) advocated support for West Indian plantation owners who, he argued, could not compete against slave-owning countries which bore no wage costs. He contributed regularly to the Peelite newspaper The Morning Chronicle and also to The Times, the Pall Mall Gazette and the Cornhill Magazine (under Thackeray's editorship). His letters in The Times were instrumental in exposing many abuses. Like his friend Thackerary, he was active in gentlemen's social clubs, being a member of many London clubs and societies, including the Philobiblon Society and the Cosmopolitan Club. He was married to Emily Joseph, daughter of Sir Henry Joseph Tichborne. Thackeray dedicated to him his novel The Adventures of Philip, and one of his ballads, Jacob Omnium's Hoss, deals with an incident in Higgins's career. Some of his articles were published in 1875 as Essays on Social Subjects. (en)
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- Matthew James Higgins (4 de diciembre de 1810 - 14 de agosto de 1868) fue un escritor británico nacido en el Condado de Meath, Irlanda. También se le conoce por su pseudónimo literario Jacob Omnium, un nombre que a la vez fue el título de su primer artículo publicado en una revista. (es)
- Matthew James Higgins (4 December 1810 – 14 August 1868) was a British writer who used the pen name Jacob Omnium, which was the title of his first magazine article. He was born in County Meath, Ireland to a landed family. He owned an estate in British Guiana, which he visited twice. Thackeray dedicated to him his novel The Adventures of Philip, and one of his ballads, Jacob Omnium's Hoss, deals with an incident in Higgins's career. Some of his articles were published in 1875 as Essays on Social Subjects. (en)
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