Edward Jerningham

(1737-1812)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Jerningham, Mr. (Edward), 1737?-1812 NRA: Jerningham Edward (1727-1812) Poet and Dramatist DNB: Jerningham, Edward (1737-1812), poet and playwright LBT ID: EdJerni1812 VIAF ID: 47117177 LOC ID: n83122652	B/BAP: 1737 DIED: 1812-11-17
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
English poet in the mode of high sensibility whose popularity rivaled that of William Hayley; author of The Nunnery, an Elegy (1762).
REFERENCES TO Edward Jerningham: Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: 1820 Found 1: ¶ 20 [Hugh Swinton Legaré], “Byron’s Letters and Journals” in The Southern Review 7 (May 1831) 1-42 Found 1: ¶ 17