Poet, scholar, and editor who began as a shoemaker's apprentice; after Oxford he published The Baviad (1794), The Maeviad (1795), and The Satires of Juvenal translated (1802) before becoming the founding editor of the Quarterly Review (1809-24).

CORRESPONDENCE OF William Gifford:

William Cobbett to William Gifford, 29 October 1797 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

William Gifford to Henry Drury, 1806 in Memoir of Francis Hodgson 2 Vols (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878)

William Gifford to Francis Hodgson, 1807 in Memoir of Francis Hodgson 2 Vols (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878)

Walter Scott to William Gifford, 25 October 1808 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837)

William Gifford to John Murray, 29 November 1808 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

Robert Southey to William Gifford, 6 March 1809 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

John Murray to William Gifford, 11 May 1809 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

William Gifford to Francis Hodgson, 25 April 1809 in Memoir of Francis Hodgson 2 Vols (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878)

William Gifford to Francis Hodgson, 3 June 1809 in Memoir of Francis Hodgson 2 Vols (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878)

John Murray to William Gifford, [August 1810] in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

William Gifford to John Murray, 17 May 1811 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

William Gifford to Robert Southey, 13 February 1812 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

Lord Byron to William Gifford, 18 June 1813 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Lord Byron to William Gifford, 12 November 1813 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

William Gifford to John Murray, 20 October 1814 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

William Gifford to John Murray, 22 January 1816 (?) in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

William Gifford to William Jerdan, 22 November [1817?] in The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53)

William Gifford to John Murray, [1818] in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

William Gifford to William Jerdan, [1818?] in The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53)

William Gifford to William Jerdan, 6 May [1818?] in The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53)

William Gifford to William Jerdan, 22 September [1819?] in The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53)

William Hone to William Gifford, October 1821 in “Mr. Hone and the Quarterly” in The Examiner (4 November 1821) 697-98

William Gifford to Robert Southey, 13 February 1812 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

William Gifford to George Canning, 13 December 1823 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

William Gifford to George Canning, 8 September 1824 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

John Murray to William Gifford, 11 December 1824 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

William Gifford to John Murray, 31 December 1824 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

William Gifford to John Murray, 1 January 1825 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

William Gifford to George Canning, 5 March 1826 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

William Gifford to John Murray, 29 April 1826 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

William Gifford to George Canning, 5 November 1826 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)