John Roby

(1793-1850)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Roby, John, 1793-1850 DNB: Roby, John (1793-1850), writer and banker LBT ID: JoRoby1850 VIAF ID: 10189302 LOC ID: n82207797	B/BAP: 1793-01-05 DIED: 1850-06-18
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Scottish poet, banker, and acquaintance of James Hogg; he contributed to the Literary Gazette and published parodies of Walter Scott's poems and collections of legends.
REFERENCES TO John Roby: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 18: Literary Gazette Found 1: ¶ 35 Ch. 2: Personal Notes Found 1: ¶ 12 Ch. 8: My Own Life Found 1: ¶ n3 Ch. 18: Literary List Found 1: ¶ 2 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter VI. Found 1: ¶ 30