- Robert Bell (writer)
Robert Bell (
16 January 1800 –12 April 1867 ) was an Irish man of letters.Bell was born at Cork, and educated at
Trinity College, Dublin , where he was one of the founders of theDublin Historical Society . In 1828 he settled inLondon , where he edited a weekly paper, the "Atlas", and until 1841 worked as a journalist.His most important work is his annotated edition of the "English Poets" (24 vols., 1854-1857; new ed., 29 vols., 1866), the works of each poet being prefaced by a memoir. For Lardner's, "Cabinet Cyclopaedia" he wrote: "History of Russia" (3 vols., 1836-1838); "Lives of English Poets" (2 vols., 1839); a continuation, with W Wallace, of
Sir James Mackintosh 's "History of England" (vols. iv.-x., 1830-1840); and the fifth volume (1840) of the "Lives of the British Admirals", begun byRobert Southey . He was a director of theRoyal Literary Fund , and well known for his open-hearted generosity to fellow men of letters. Bell was a member of thePercy Society , and in 1846 the society published "Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England", edited by Bell.References
*1911
External links
*gutenberg author|id=Robert_Bell|name=Robert Bell
Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England
*http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/lit/poetry/AncientPoemsBallads/toc.html
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