Sir James Prior

(1790 c.-1869)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Prior, James, Sir, 1790?-1869 DNB: Prior, Sir James (c.1790-1869), writer LBT ID: JaPrior1869 VIAF ID: 11038810 LOC ID: n80049714	B/BAP: 1790 DIED: 1869-11-14
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Irish biographer, originally a naval surgeon; he contributed to the Literary Gazette and published biographies of Edmund Burke (1824) and Oliver Goldsmith (1837).
REFERENCES TO Sir James Prior: 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 III. 1809 Found 1: ¶ n2 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 18: Literary Gazette Found 1: ¶ 36 Ch. 18: Literary List Found 1: ¶ 11