William Hone

William Hone (3 June 1780 – 8 November 1842) was an English writer, satirist and bookseller. His victorious court battle against government censorship in 1817 marked a turning point in the fight for British press freedom.^[2]

For other people named William Hone, see William Hone (disambiguation).

In popular culture[edit]

The 2018 play Trial by Laughter by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman covers the three trials of Hone in 1817.^[4]

Wilson, Ben. The Laughter of Triumph: William Hone and the Fight for the Free Press. Faber and Faber, 2005. 356 pages.

. "William Hone. His Life and Times". Originally published 1912 in London (US edition published by Burt Franklin NYC)

Hackwood, Frederick

The William Hone Biotext website by Associate Professor Kyle Grimes () 2008

http://honearchive.org/

Media related to William Hone at Wikimedia Commons