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He was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, and won a scholarship to Owens College, the original University of Manchester. In 1876, he was convicted of theft and forced to leave the university; he spent a short time in prison. Afterwards, he emigrated to the USA, where he began his career as a writer, having some short stories published in the Chicago TribuneThe Chicago Tribune self-styled as the World's Greatest Newspaper is the leading newspaper of the Midwest of the United States. Founded in 1847, the Tribune began as a Know Nothing paper. It consisted mostly of columns that were xenophobic, with constant. On returning to Britain, he married an uneducated woman, Marianne Harrison, with whom he had little in common. Although he succeeded in having several novels published, he was forced to work as a teacher to make ends meet. When Marianne died, he re-married, to an equally unsuitable woman, from whom he was soon separated. He struck up a friendship with emancipator Clara ColletClara Collet ( 1860- 1948) was pivotal in affecting many reforms which greatly improved working conditions and pay for women (and some men) during the early part of the twentieth century. She worked for Charles Booth helping in his great investigative wor, but, while visiting ParisEiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. Paris is the capital and largest city of France. The city is built on an arc of the River Seine, and is thus divided into two parts: the Right Bank to the north and the smaller Left Bank to in 1898Events January 1 New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island. January 13 Emile Zola's J'accus, he met Gabrielle Fleury, and went to live with her for the remainder of his life.