About Weedon Grossmith
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Walter Weedon Grossmith (9 June 1854 – 14 June 1919) was an English writer, actor, painter and playwright best known as co-author of The Diary of a Nobody (1892) with his brother, music hall comedian and Gilbert and Sullivan star George Grossmith. Weedon Grossmith also illustrated The Diary of a Nobody to much acclaim. Grossmith trained as a painter, but was unable to make a living in that capacity and went on the stage largely for financial reasons.
