I live to hail that season by gifted one foretold, when men shall live by reason, and not alone by gold.

George Linnaeus Banks (2 March 1821 – 3 May 1881) husband of author Isabella Banks was a British journalist editor poet playwright amateur actor orator and Methodist. Between 1848 and 1864 he edited in succession a variety of newspapers including the Birmingham Mercury and the Daily Express of Dublin. "
George Banks died of cancer and pneumonia in Dalston Hackney close to London and is buried nearby at Abney Park Cemetery Stoke Newington with his wife - the author Isabella Banks.