NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Mitford, John, 1781-1859 NRA: Mitford John (1781-1859) Anglican Clergyman Literary Historian Gardener DNB: Mitford, John (1781-1859), literary scholar and Church of England clergyman LBT ID: JoMitfo1859 VIAF ID: 27838479 LOC ID: no98133239 | B/BAP: 1781-08-13 DIED: 1859-04-26 |
SOURCES: DNB; Prance, Companion to Charles Lamb (1983); Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File | |
Educated at Oriel College, Oxford, he was rector of Benhall in Suffolk, a friend of
Charles Lamb and Samuel Rogers. He was a book collector and editor of the Gentleman's Magazine (1834-50). | |
REFERENCES TO WORKS BY John Mitford: “The Letters of Charles Lamb” in Gentleman's Magazine. Found 1.
Display Records “Lines Written under the Portrait of Edward VI.” in Sacred Specimens: Selected from the Early English Poets; with Prefatory
Verses. Found 1.
Display Records “Sonnet addressed to Bernard Barton” in London Magazine. Found 2.
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Sacred Specimens: Selected from the Early English Poets; with Prefatory
Verses. Found 2.
Display Records “On Spanish Literature—Francisco de Olivarez” in New Monthly Magazine. Found 1.
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