Sir Henry Maximilian "Max" Beerbohm (August 24, 1872 – May 20, 1956) was an English caricaturist, satirist, and essayist and author of one novel, Zuleika Dobson. He was born the youngest of nine to a prosperous London merchant family of Lithuanian origin. He was half-brother to four siblings as well, including noted stage actor Herbert Beerbohm Tree, explorer Julius Beerbohm, and author Constance Beerbohm. At Oxford in the 1890’s he became a well-known as a dandy and a wit and became acquainted with Oscar Wilde and Aubrey Beardsley and their artistic circles.  He began submitting articles and caricatures to the London magazines that found a receptive and appreciative audience.  He began publishing his drawings in 1892 with thirty-six ‘Club Types’, an event which he said dealt “a great, an almost mortal blow to my modesty”.   He left Oxford without a degree, traveled to America, returning in 1896 to publish a collection of essays, “The Works of Max Beerbohm”.  He became drama critic for the Saturday Review in 1898, succeeding George Bernard Shaw, who dubbed him the “Incomparable Max”.  In 1910 he married actress Florence Kahn and moved to Rapallo, Italy, where he remained except for stays in England during the World Wars and exhibitions of his work. He was knighted by King George VI in 1939.