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Max Beerbohm was born on the 24^th of August, 1872, to grain merchant Julius Edward Beerbohm and Elizabeth Draper, the sister of Julius’ first wife (Mahoney 1). In the early 1890s, Beerbohm attended Oxford and it was during this time that Aubrey Beardsley first invited Beerbohm to contribute to The Yellow Book (Mahoney 2). Beerbohm began publishing essays for The Yellow Book while still an undergraduate at Merton College at Oxford, but eventually became famous for his Caricatures (Encyclopedia Britannica). Much of Beerbohm’s family was involved in the theatre, as was he. In 1895 he toured the United States as a Press Agent for his older half-brother, famous actor manager, producer, and director Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree’ theatre company. He also took over as a drama critic from colleague Shaw as a drama critic for The Saturday Review (Encyclopedia Britannica). His older half brother also introduced him to Oscar Wilde, who drafted him into his circle of friends where he met life-long friend William Rothenstein (Mahoney 2). In 1942 he received an honorary degree of Doctor of Literature from Oxford University. He died at the age of 83 on May 20^th, 1956 (Gale Research Company).