b. 25 April 1828. d. 30 November 1861. Nationality: English.
Poet and biographer. Educated at University College School, but left at sixteen to
study law. Called to the bar in 1849, but never practised as a barrister. Married
essayist and biographer Anne Burrows on 4 February 1851. Made the acquaintance of
Dante Gabriel Rossetti in 1861. Wrote a biography of Blake, which his wife published
in 1863. Contributed to the *Eclectic Review*, the *Literary Gazette*, and *The Critic*.
Biographical information: *ODNB*. (JS)