David Lester Richardson

(1801-1865)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Richardson, David Lester, 1801-1865 DNB: Richardson, David Lester (bap. 1801, d. 1865), poet and writer LBT ID: DaRicha1865 VIAF ID: 72944734 LOC ID: n88130947	B/BAP: 1801-02-15 DIED: 1865-11-27
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English poet and journalist; after service in India he published volumes of poetry and edited the London Weekly Review, (1824); on Macaulay's recommendation he was appointed professor of English literature of the Hindu College at Calcutta (1836).