Samuel Weller Singer

(1783-1858)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Singer, Samuel Weller, 1783-1858 NRA: Singer Samuel Weller (1783-1858) Author DNB: Singer, Samuel Weller (1783-1858), literary scholar LBT ID: SaSinge1858 VIAF ID: 34808813 LOC ID: n85252102	B/BAP: 1783 DIED: 1858-12-20
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English antiquary and bookseller; he wrote biographies of English poets for the Chiswick British Poets, edited Spence's Anecdotes (1820) in a rival edition to Murray's, and contributed to the Literary Gazette.
REFERENCES TO Samuel Weller Singer: Lord Byron to John Murray, 19 January 1821 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Found 2: ¶ 2 ¶ n1 Lord Byron to John Murray, 14 July 1821 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Found 2: ¶ 2 ¶ n1 Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: 1821 Found 2: ¶ n1 ¶ n1 Henry Roscoe, The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833) Chapter XIV. 1816 Found 1: ¶ 55 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 17: Contributors Found 1: ¶ 8 Ch 5: Criticisms Found 1: ¶ 12 Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter V Found 1: ¶ 2