1. fechter, charles albert a famous actor, born in London, his father of Germanextraction and his mother English; made his début in Paris at the age of 17; after a tour through the European capitals established himself in London as the lessee of the LyceumTheatre in 1863; became celebrated for his original impersonations of Hamlet and Othello; removed to America in 1870, where he died (1824-1879).