Austin, William
lawyer, author, was born March 2, 1778, in Charlestown, Mass. He was a Boston lawyer whose best claim to remembrance is that he was author of the famous sketch Peter Rugg, the Missing Man, which appeared in the New England Galaxy in 1824. It is a very remarkable imaginative study that in some respects anticipates the later work of Hawthorne. Other works of his are Letters from London; and The Human Character of Jesus Christ. He died June 27, 1841, in Charlestown, Mass.