Theodore Hook
Theodore Hook was born on September 22, 1788. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Theodore Hook
Theodore Edward Hook (22 September 1788 – 24 August 1841) was an English writer, intellectual, prankster and civil servant. One of the first writers of the English fashionable novel, he is best known for his practical jokes, particularly the Berners Street hoax in 1810. The world's first postcard was received by Hook in 1840; he likely posted it to himself.