James Spedding

(1808-1881)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Spedding, James, 1808-1881 NRA: Spedding James (1808-1881) Editor DNB: Spedding, James (1808-1881), literary editor and biographer LBT ID: JaSpedd1881 VIAF ID: 59172264 LOC ID: n87837867	B/BAP: 1808-06-26 DIED: 1881-03-09
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge where he was one of the Apostles; he was a contributor to the Gentleman's Magazine, editor of Francis Bacon, and the friend of Tennyson and Sir Henry Taylor.
REFERENCES TO James Spedding: Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter VI. 1845-46. Found 1: ¶ 29 Chapter X. 1852-55. Found 1: ¶ 6