Henry Thomas Austen In 1793 he joined the Oxfordshire Militia, rising to captain before resigning in 1801. In 1804 he founded, with two associates, the bank of Austen, Maude and Tilson in Covent Garden, London. It went bankrupt in 1816. He entered the church that same year and was made curate of Chawton, Hampshire. In 1820 he was made Rector of Steventon. He arranged the publication of "Northanger Abbey" and "Persuasion" after Jane Austen's death in 1817. He is believed to have published the first biographical notice of her, which prefaces those novels. He revised and expanded that short memoir for the republication
Jane Austen in popular culture was translated as "Gurur ve Önyargı" by Hamdi Koç, who at present is engaged in translating the rest of Austen's novels into Turkish. "Gurur ve Önyargı" sold out in its first year, and a second edition was issued in 2007, which Tekcan used to argue that many Turks wanted a proper version of Austen in their own language. Austen's status in modern Turkey can be seen in the Wikipedia-like website "Ekşi Sözlük" ("The Sourtimes Dictionary"), when anonymous contributors write articles on various subjects; typing Jane Austen on the "Ekşisözlük" produces comments such as “Jane Austen is for those who are