William Hurton

William Hurton (1825–1862) was a British writer and journalist living in Edinburgh, best known for his tales of arctic travel. Hurton's story ''Vonved the Dane, Count of Elsinore,'' serialized in ''The Dublin Magazine'' in 1860, caught the attention of William Makepeace Thackeray, who wrote to Hurton asking him to call. Provided by Wikipedia