Henry Headley

(1765-1788)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Headley, Henry, 1765-1788 DNB: Headley, Henry (1765–1788), poet and writer on literature, LBT ID: HeHeadl1788 VIAF ID: 15205676 LOC ID: n86148610	B/BAP: 1765-04-27 DIED: 1788-11-15
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English poet and critic educated under Samuel Parr at Norwich and at Trinity College, Oxford, where he was a friend of the Wartons; he published Select Beauties of Ancient English Poetry (1787).
REFERENCES TO Henry Headley: William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch XXIII. Found 2: ¶ 1 ¶ 15 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Literary Reminiscences and Memoirs of Thomas Campbell (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1860) Chapter 3 Found 1: ¶ 22