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Henry suffered an ear infection in 1876 which left him with partial deafness, and by the age of fourteen he lost his hearing.

Lawson was alcoholic, was jailed for failing to support his family, and institutionalised due to his drinking.

His mother, a writer and feminist, helped him get his first work published.

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