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Created page with "== Early Life and Background == William Makepeace Thackeray was born on July 18, 1811, in Calcutta, British India. His father, Richmond Thackeray, was an official in the British East India Company, and his mother, Anne Becher, was the daughter of Harriet Becher and John Harman Becher, a secretary for the East India Company. Thackeray's early years in India were marked by the colonial environment, which would later influence his literary works. After his father's dea..."
