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<p> Biographer of [[William Blake]] ( <i> q. v </i> .), born at Newington Green, son of a Unitarian minister; although called to the bar, literary and art criticism became his main pursuit; settled at [[Guildford]] in 1853, where he wrote his Life of the artist Etty; became in 1856 a next-door neighbour of Carlyle at Chelsea, and had all but finished his Life of Blake when he died (1828-1861).—His wife, Anne Gilchrist, née Burrows, was during her life an active contributor to magazines; she completed her husband's Life of Blake, and in 1883 published a Life of Mary Lamb (1828-1885). </p> | <p> Biographer of [[William Blake]] ( <i> q. v </i> .), born at Newington Green, son of a Unitarian minister; although called to the bar, literary and art criticism became his main pursuit; settled at [[Guildford]] in 1853, where he wrote his Life of the artist Etty; became in 1856 a next-door neighbour of Carlyle at Chelsea, and had all but finished his Life of Blake when he died (1828-1861).—His wife, Anne Gilchrist, née Burrows, was during her life an active contributor to magazines; she completed her husband's Life of Blake, and in 1883 published a Life of Mary Lamb (1828-1885). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_73644"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/gilchrist,+alexander Alexander Gilchrist from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_73644"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/gilchrist,+alexander Alexander Gilchrist from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:24, 15 October 2021
Alexander Gilchrist [1]
Biographer of William Blake ( q. v .), born at Newington Green, son of a Unitarian minister; although called to the bar, literary and art criticism became his main pursuit; settled at Guildford in 1853, where he wrote his Life of the artist Etty; became in 1856 a next-door neighbour of Carlyle at Chelsea, and had all but finished his Life of Blake when he died (1828-1861).—His wife, Anne Gilchrist, née Burrows, was during her life an active contributor to magazines; she completed her husband's Life of Blake, and in 1883 published a Life of Mary Lamb (1828-1885).
