Alexander Ramsay

(1794-1869)

LBT ID: AlRamsa1869	B/BAP: 1794-10-27 DIED: 1869-10-28
SOURCES: American Literary Gazette and Publishers' Circular (1 January 1870) 86
Born in humble circumstances, he worked in a print shop and as a journalist before being employed by Charles Knight as an editor. He published Shakspere in Germany (1866).
REFERENCES TO Alexander Ramsay: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter IX Found 1: ¶ 12 Chapter I Found 1: ¶ 7 Chapter XIII Found 1: ¶ 4