James Hervey

(1714-1758)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Hervey, James, 1714-1758 NRA: Hervey James (1714-1756) Theologian DNB: Hervey, James (1714-1758), Church of England clergyman and writer LBT ID: JaHerve1758 VIAF ID: 17389750 LOC ID: n84229906	B/BAP: 1714-02-26 DIED: 1758-12-25
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Evangelical clergyman and writer, the author of the long-reprinted Meditations and Contemplations (1746-47).
REFERENCES TO James Hervey: Charles Lamb to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, [7 June 1809] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Found 1: ¶ 4 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. II. 1752-1761 Found 1: ¶ 14 [Hugh Swinton Legaré], “Byron’s Letters and Journals” in The Southern Review 7 (May 1831) 1-42 Found 1: ¶ 39 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 1: Introductory Found 1: ¶ 8 Charles Lamb, The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Letters: 1809 Found 1: ¶ 7