William Frédéric Edwards

(1777-1842)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Edwards, William Frédéric 1777-1842 LBT ID: WiEdwar1842 VIAF ID: 106966561 LOC ID: n86822630	B/BAP: 1777 DIED: 1842-07-23
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Born in Jamaica where he was the son of a planter of the same name, he was a schoolmate of William Hazlitt's at New College, Hackney before becoming a librarian at Bruges and from 1808 a physician and natural philosopher in Paris.
REFERENCES TO William Frédéric Edwards: William Carew Hazlitt, Memoirs of William Hazlitt. With Portions of his Correspondence 2 vols (London: Richard Bentley, 1867) Ch. XIII 1825 Found 2: ¶ 15 ¶ 18