NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Merivale, John Herman, 1779-1844 NRA: Merivale John Herman (1779-1844) Barrister and Poet DNB: Merivale, John Herman (1779-1844), lawyer and literary scholar LBT ID: JoMeriv1844 VIAF ID: 38537220 LOC ID: n90660348 | B/BAP: 1779-08-05 DIED: 1844-04-25 |
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English poet and translator, friend of Francis Hodgson, author of Orlando in Ronscevalles: a Poem (1814). He married Louisa Drury, daughter of the
headmaster at Harrow, and wrote for the Monthly Review while
pursuing a career in the law. | |