Octavius Graham Gilchrist

(1779-1823)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Gilchrist, Octavius, 1779-1823 NRA: Gilchrist Octavius Graham (1779-1823) literary character DNB: Gilchrist, Octavius Graham (1779-1823), literary scholar LBT ID: OcGilch1823 VIAF ID: 16202722 LOC ID: n85134978	B/BAP: 1779 DIED: 1823-06-30
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English antiquary, editor, and friend of William Gifford; he engaged in controversy with William Lisle Bowles and brought John Clare to public attention.
REFERENCES TO Octavius Graham Gilchrist: Lord Byron to John Murray, 10 May 1821 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Found 1: ¶ 1 Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: 1821 Found 1: ¶ 18 Henry Roscoe, The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833) Chapter XIX. 1825-1827 Found 1: ¶ 3 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter IV 1806-08 Found 1: ¶ 21 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Literary Reminiscences and Memoirs of Thomas Campbell (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1860) Chapter 5 Found 1: ¶ 7 Charles Lamb, The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Letters: 1822 Found 1: ¶ 1