![]() ![]() That's why he was obliged to drop his studies to earn his living. Soon the Indian bank where his father's money was invested, went bankrupt, and William was left penniless. On returning to London he began a law course in 1833 to complete his education. ![]() ![]() He couldn't bear the scholastic atmosphere of the University, and as his ambition was to become an artist, he left the University without graduating and went to Germany, Italy and France to study art. Being a student, William devoted much time to drawing cartoons and writing verses, chiefly parodies. After his father's death, when the boy was 3 years old, he was brought to England to be educated at school and later at Cambridge University. ![]() William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863) was born to a prosperous middle-class family in India His father was an English official in Calcutta. ![]()
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