Benjamin Disraeli biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Benjamin Disraeli

Author Name:

Benjamin Disraeli

Born As:

Benjamin Disraeli

Other Names:

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS

Born:

21 Dec 1804

Died:

19 Apr 1881




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Selected Works:

Vivian Grey - 1826; Vivian Grey
Popanilla - 1828; Popanilla
The Young Duke - 1831
Contarini Fleming - 1832
Alroy - 1833
The Infernal Marriage - 1834
Ixion in Heaven - 1834
The Revolutionary Epick - 1834
The Rise of Iskander - 1834; The Rise of Iskander
Henrietta Temple - 1837
Venetia - 1837; Venetia
The Tragedy of Count Alarcos - 1839; The Tragedy of Count Alarcos
Coningsby, or the New Generation - 1844; Coningsby
Sybil, or The Two Nations - 1845; Sybil or, The Two Nations
Tancred, or the New Crusade - 1847
Lothair - 1870; Lothair
Endymion - 1880; Endymion
Falconet - book - unfinished 1881

Non-fiction:

An Inquiry into the Plans, Progress, and Policy of the American Mining Companies - 1825
Lawyers and Legislators: or, Notes, on the American Mining Companies - 1825
The present state of Mexico - 1825
England and France, or a Cure for the Ministerial Gallomania - 1832
What Is He? - 1833
The Letters of Runnymede - 1836
Lord George Bentinck - 1852

Films featuring Disraeli:

Disraeli - 1929 George Arliss - Best Actor Oscar, Joan Bennett
The Prime Minister - 1941, John Gielgud
The Mudlark - 1950, Alec Guinness
Disraeli - 1978, Ian McShane
Mrs Brown - 1997, Sir Antony Sher.                          
Mother 
Father Isaac D'Israeli                          
1868 - Prime Minister of Britain
1774-1880 - Prime Minister of Britain                          
Benjamin changed the spelling in the 1820s by dropping the apostrophe.