William Empson

(1791-1852)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Empson, W. (William), 1791-1852 NRA: Empson, William (1791-1852), lawyer and literary reviewer DNB: Empson, William (1791-1852), lawyer and literary reviewer LBT ID: WiEmpso1852 VIAF ID: 4462091 LOC ID: nb2008002317	B/BAP: 1791 DIED: 1852-12-10
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Educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Cambridge, he succeeded Sir James Mackintosh as professor of law at the East India College, Haileybury. He wrote for the Edinburgh Review, of which he became editor in 1847.
CORRESPONDENCE OF William Empson: William Empson to Samuel Rogers, 28 March 1850 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) William Empson to Samuel Rogers, 16 June [1850] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)