Charles Reade

Charles Reade
Born(1814-06-08)8 June 1814
Ipsden, Oxfordshire, England
Died11 April 1884(1884-04-11) (aged 69)
Resting placeWillesden, London, England
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • dramatist
EducationMagdalen College, Oxford (BA)
Children1 adopted
ParentsJohn Reade
Anne Marie Scott-Waring
RelativesWilliam Winwood Reade (nephew)

Charles Reade (8 June 1814 – 11 April 1884) was a British novelist and dramatist, best known for the 1861 historical novel The Cloister and the Hearth.