Charles Augustus Howell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Charles Augustus Howell

Portuguese born and British blackmailer and artist

Date of Birth: 10-Mar-1840

Place of Birth: Porto, Porto District, Portugal

Date of Death: 21-Apr-1890

Profession: art dealer, visual artist

Nationality: Portugal

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Charles Augustus Howell

  • Charles Augustus Howell (10 March 1840 – 21 April 1890) was an art dealer and alleged blackmailer who is best known for persuading the poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti to dig up the poems he buried with his wife Elizabeth Siddal.
  • His reputation as a blackmailer inspired Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes story, "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton".

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