Banim, John, Irish author, a native of Kilkenny, novelist of Irish peasant life on its dark side, who, along with his brother Michael, wrote 24 vols. of Irish stories, &c.; his health giving way, he fell into poverty, but was rescued by a public subscription and a pension; Michael survived him 32 years (1798‒1842).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Banjari * Banks, Sir Joseph