John Bristed

(1778-1855)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Bristed, John, 1778-1855 LBT ID: JoBrist1855 VIAF ID: 52029723 LOC ID: n85295267	B/BAP: 1778 DIED: 1855
SOURCES: DNB ["Charles Astor Bristed"]; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Born in England and educated at Winchester and Edinburgh University, he was an Episcopal clergyman and author in America who married the divorced eldest daughter of John Jacob Astor.
REFERENCES TO John Bristed: Robert Southey to George Ticknor, 13 August 1821 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 3 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XXVI. 1821