Octavian Blewitt

(1810-1884)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Blewitt, Octavian, 1810-1884 NRA: Blewitt, Octavian (1810-1884) Secretary Royal Literary Fund DNB: Blewitt, (John) Octavian (1810-1884), writer and literary administrator LBT ID: OcBlewi1884 VIAF ID: 60024708	B/BAP: 1810-10-03 DIED: 1884-11-04
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File
Writer of handbooks for travellers for John Murray and from 1839 secretary of the Royal Literary Fund.
REFERENCES TO Octavian Blewitt: Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chap. XXXV. Found 1: ¶ 37 Charles Macfarlane, Reminiscences of a Literary Life (London: John Murray, 1917) WILLIAM BROCKEDON Found 1: ¶ 9