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Beau Brummell

George Bryan "Beau" Brummell (7 June 1778 – 30 March 1840)[1] was an important figure in Regency England, and for many years he was the arbiter of British men's fashion. At one time, he was a close friend of the Prince Regent, the future King George IV, but after the two quarrelled and Brummell got into debt, he had to take refuge in France. Eventually, he died shabby and insane in Caen.

For other uses, see Beau Brummell (disambiguation).

Beau Brummell

George Bryan Brummell

7 June 1778
London, England

30 March 1840 (aged 61)

Caen, France

Eton College

Oriel College, Oxford

Brummell was remembered afterwards as the preeminent example of the dandy, and a whole literature was founded upon his manner and witty sayings, which have persisted until today. His name is still associated with style and good looks and has been given to a variety of modern products to suggest their high quality.

. On Dandyism and George Brummell, 1845

Barbey d'Aurevilly, Jules

Campbell, Kathleen. Beau Brummell. London: Hammond, 1948

Jesse, Captain William. The Life of Beau Brummell. Published in two volumes. Available at Google Books, and vol. 2

vol. 1

Kelly, Ian. Beau Brummell: The Ultimate Dandy. Hodder & Stoughton, 2005

Lewis, Melville. Beau Brummell: His Life and Letters. New York: Doran, 1925

Moers, Ellen. The Dandy: Brummell to Beerbohm. London: Secker and Warburg, 1960

Nicolay, Claire. Origins and Reception of Regency Dandyism: Brummell to Baudelaire. Ph.D. diss., Loyola U of Chicago, 1998

Wharton, Grace and Philip. Wits and Beaux of Society. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1861

. The American Cyclopædia. 1879.

"Brummel, George Bryan"