Author, Illustrator. George du Mauier was a French-born Victorian English illustrator and author. He received recognition for his cartoon illustrations in “Punch,” a popular magazine of the era. He is credit with coining the term “Bedside Manner,” which he used in a satirical cartoon on medicine. He drew with the illustrations in one of the first detective novels, Wilkie Collins’ 1868 “The Moonstone.” He wrote three successful novels: “Ibbetson” in 1891, “Trilby” in 1894, and “Martian” in 1897. His novel “Trilby” inspired the term “the trilby hat,” as of the 121 illustrations in the novel, one shows a hat with a very short brim, which became the trilby hat. “Trilby” introduced the character of Svengali, which is a word used in the 21st century, a person who seduces, dominates and exploits another person. In French, he also wrote a published poem as well as to published articles as an art critic. Born George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier, the son of an actor, he studied in Paris at the Sorbonne and later, chemistry at the Berbeck Chemical Laboratory at University College in London in 1851. In 1856 he studied at the art studio of Charles Gleyre. After losing his vision in his left eye, he abandoned any career as a professional painter, but instead drew illustrations. In 1860 he had the position as illustrator at “Punch.” Leaving France in 1789, his grandfather changed the family’s surname from Mathurin Busson to du Maurier. After a decade-long courtship, he married Emma Wightwick in 1863. They had five children: Beatrix, Guy, Sylvia, Marie Louise, and Gerald. As he aged, his vision deteriorated more, thus he limited his illustrations to write novels. He illustrated author Thomas Hardy’s “Laodicean,” which was published in “Harper’s New Monthly Magazine” from 1880 to 1881 in serialization. “Trilby” became the number one best-seller in 1894, and by the end of that year, the novel had sold 300,000 copies. The novel was adapted to silent film, then film, and most recently in 1983, to television. He was the grandfather, by his daughter Sylvia, to the five Llewelyn Davies brothers, who inspired playwright J. M. Barrie’s 1904 masterpiece play, "Peter Pan." His granddaughter and author, Daphne du Maurier edit his “The Young George du Maurier: A Selection of His Letters, 1860 to 1867,” which was published in 1951. He died at age 62 from heart failure. His grave site is adjacent the Llewelyn Davies plot.