NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Morell, Charles, Sir, 1736-1765 DNB: Ridley, James (1736–1765), writer and Church of England clergyman LBT ID: JaRidle1765 VIAF ID: 44400822 LOC ID: n83071960 | B/BAP: 1736-02-18 DIED: 1765-02-24 |
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The son of the poet Glocester Ridley; educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford, he
was a military chaplain and author of the popular Tales of the Genii
(1764). | |