William Stanley Roscoe

(1782-1843)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Roscoe, William Stanley, 1782-1843 NRA: Roscoe, William Stanley (1782-1843) Poet DNB: Roscoe, William Stanley (1782–1843), poet LBT ID: WiRosco1843 VIAF ID: 61082761 LOC ID: no00012175	B/BAP: 1782 DIED: 1843-10-31
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (January 1844) 96; DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
The son of William Roscoe (d. 1831); educated at Gateacre and Peterhouse, Cambridge, he was a poet and translator employed at his father's bank until it failed in 1816.