Surname: Symons Forename(s): Jelinger Cookson b. 27 August 1809. d. 7 April 1860. Nationality: English. VIAF.
School inspector, barrister, non-fiction writer, and editor. Born in West Ilsley,
Berkshire. Educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Married Angelina Kendall
on 16 June 1845. Appointed inspector of poor-law schools in England and Wales in 1848.
Author of Tactics for the Times: as Regards the Condition and Treatment of the Dangerous Classes (1849). Editor of the Law Magazine and the English Journal of Education. Biographical information: ODNB. (AC, CC)