John Chalk Claris [“Arthur Brooke”]

(1797-1866)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Claris, John Chalk, 1797?-1866 DNB: Claris, John Chalk (1796/7-1866), poet and newspaper editor LBT ID: JoClari1866 VIAF ID: 79365637 LOC ID: n85336525	B/BAP: 1797 DIED: 1866-01-10
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The son of a bookseller, he was educated at the King's School, Canterbury, and was editor of the Kent Herald (1826-65). He was a member of Leigh Hunt's circle who published several volumes of poems.
REFERENCES TO John Chalk Claris [“Arthur Brooke”]: Bernard Barton to William Jerdan, 26 February 1820 in The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Found 1: ¶ 3 Claris, John Chalk, 1797?-1866, “Sonnet. To the Author of the Revolt of Islam” in The Examiner (5 November 1820) 717 Verse 2: p. p. Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 8: Bernard Barton