The Fortnightly Review. Caricature of Thomas Hay Sweet Escott by Ape in Vanity Fair in 1885.
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott (26 April 1844,[1] in Taunton – 13 June 1924,[2] in Hove) was an English journalist and editor.
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Life
The son of Hay Escott of Launton, he received from Queen's College, Oxford his B.A. degree in 1865 and his M.A. in 1868.[5] At King's College London he was a lecturer in logic from 1865 to 1872 and deputy professor of classical literature from 1866 to 1873.[4]
In 1866 Escott became a leader writer for The Standard.[3] In October 1882 he replaced John Morley as the editor of The Fortnightly Review; in 1886, however, he suffered a physical and emotional breakdown in health and officially resigned in August of that year.[6]
During the last 35 years of his life Escott lived in semi-retirement in Brighton, in poor health.[7] He seems to have written nothing from 1886 to June 1894, and there is no record of his employment during those years.[8] By 1895 he had partially recovered, and he wrote over 100 articles and a number of books before his death in 1924.
Escott married Katherine Jane Liardet in 1865; the marriage produced three children[10] and ended with her death in 1899. His second wife was the widow Edith Hilton.[3]
