# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-peckett-prest
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:59:21.931Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-peckett-prest"
name: "Thomas Peckett Prest"
slug: "thomas-peckett-prest"
description: "Thomas Peckett Prest was a British hack author. He was a prolific producer of penny dreadfuls and was known as a skilled author in the horror genre. He is now remembered as the co-creator of the fictional Sweeney Todd, the 'demon barber' immortalized in his The String of Pearls, as well as the co-author with Rymer of Varney the Vampire. He wrote under pseudonyms including Bos, a takeoff of Charles Dickens' own pen name, Boz. He also was noted to have a style similar to Dickens. Before joining Edward Lloyd's publishing factory, Prest had made a name for himself as a talented musician."
tagline: "British hack writer, journalist and musician (1810-1859)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1810-05-13"
deathDate: "1859-06-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.06
  momentum:             0.8108108108108109
  historical:           4.611592
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Thomas Peckett Prest"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Peckett_Prest"
    title: "Thomas Peckett Prest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Peckett_Prest"
    title: "Thomas Peckett Prest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Peckett_Prest"
    title: "Thomas Peckett Prest"
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  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Peckett_Prest"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7793083"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump