Thomas Hay Sweet Escott

Thomas Hay Sweet Escott (26 April 1844,[1] in Taunton – 13 June 1924,[2] in Hove) was an English journalist and editor.

[5] At King's College London he was a lecturer in logic from 1865 to 1872 and deputy professor of classical literature from 1866 to 1873.

[3] In October 1882 he replaced John Morley as the editor of The Fortnightly Review; in 1886, however, he suffered a physical and emotional breakdown in health and officially resigned in August of that year.

Among Escott's close friends were Wilkie Collins, Charles Reade, and the historian Alexander Kinglake.

[9] Escott married Katherine Jane Liardet in 1865; the marriage produced three children[10] and ended with her death in 1899.