Historical reference: Do not rely on this information. It is very old. About this collection
Pseudonym (Greek pseudis, "false," and onoma, "name"), a fictitious name adopted by an author to conceal his personality. "George Eliot" (Marian Evans), "Christopher North" (John Wilson), and "Boz" (Charles Dickens) are familiar examples. So, too, the painter Hablot K. Browne assumed the pseudonym of "Phiz."