LITERARIA;

OR

Biography of Literary Characters

OF

GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND,

ARRANGED

IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.

ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD.

BY

THOMAS WRIGHT, M.A.

LONDON:

JOHN W. PARKER, WEST STRAND.

1842.

LIBRARY

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
DAVIS

BIOGRAPHIA BRITANNICA

LITERARIA;

OR

Biography of Literary Characters

OF

GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

PUBLISHED UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF THE COUNCIL

OF THE

ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE.

LONDON: J. B. NICHOLS AND SON, PRINTERS, 25, PARLIAMENT-STREET.

OF THE

ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE

FOR THE YEAR 1841.

PRESIDENT.

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF RIPON.

VICE-PRESIDENTS.

HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF RUTLAND, K.G.
HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE, K.G.
HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF SUTHERLAND, K.G.

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF CLARE.

THE RIGHT HON. LORD BEXLEY.

THE RIGHT HON. SIR GORE OUSELEY, BART. G.C.B.
HENRY HALLAM, Esq.

WILLIAM MARTIN LEAKE, Esq.

LOUIS HAYES PETIT, Esq.

THE REV. JOHN HUME SPRY, D.D.

COUNCIL.

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF BURLINGTON.

THE RIGHT HON. LORD COLBORNE.

SIR MATTHEW TIERNEY, Bart.

BENJAMIN BOND CABBELL, Esq.

THE REV. RICHARD CATTERMOLE, SECRETARY.

THE REV. HENRY CLISSOLD.

NEWELL CONNOP, JUN. Esq.

JOHN CURTEIS, Esq.

SIR JOHN DORATT, M.D.

WILLIAM R. HAMILTON, Esq. LIBRARIAN AND FOREIGN

SECRETARY.

HENRY HOLLAND, Esq.

WILLIAM JERDAN, Esq.

WILLIAM OSBURN, Esq.

DAVID POLLOCK, Esq.

THE REV. GEORGE TOMLINSON.

WILLIAM TOOKE, Esq. TREASURER.