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Title:
A biographical dictionary of the living authors of Great Britain and Ireland : comprising literary memoirs and anecdotes of their lives, and a chronological register of their publications, with the number of editions printed; including notices of some foreign writers whose works have been occasionally published in England / Illustrated by a variety of communications from persons of the first eminence in the world of letters.
Publisher:
Printed for H. Colburn,
Copyright Date:
1816
Description:
viii, 449 p. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
English literature--Bio-bibliography.--Dictionaries.
Authors, English.--Dictionaries.--Dictionaries.
English literature--Bio-bibliography.--Bio-bibliography.--Dictionaries.
Authors, Irish--Dictionaries.--Dictionaries.
Great Britain.--Dictionaries.--Dictionaries.
Ireland.--Dictionaries.--Dictionaries.
Other Authors:
Watkins, John, fl. 1792-1831.
Shoberl, Frederic, 1775-1853,
Upcott, William, 1779-1845. supposed author.
Notes:
"Mr. [Frederic] Shoberl proceeded to assure me, in the presence of his son, that the work was written by [John] Watkins as far as the letter F -- that some dispute with the publishers then arose -- that the materials were theretofore handed over to himself -- and that he completed the work as it now appears." -- Bolton Corney, in Notes & queries, 1st ser., v. 11 (1855) p. 34. The work is sometimes attributed to William Upcott.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)3562650
(OCoLC)16739469
LCCN:
02024643
Locations:
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

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