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ROBERT See also: man of letters, was See also: born at See also: Cork on the 16th of See also: January 1800
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He was educated at Trinity See also: College, See also: Dublin, where he was one of the founders of the Dublin See also: Historical Society
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In
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1828 he `settled in See also: London, where he edited a weekly paper, the See also: Atlas, and until 1841 was engaged in journalism, and afterwards in See also: miscellaneous See also: literary See also: work
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He died on the 12th of See also: April 1867
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His most important work is his annotated edition of the See also: English Poets (24 vols., 1854-i857; new ed., 29 vols., 1866), the See also: works of each poet being prefaced by a memoir
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For See also: Lard ner's,See also: Cabinet Cyclopaedia he wrote: See also: History of See also: Russia (3 vols., 1836-1838); Lives of English Poets (2 vols.,
1839); a continuation, with W
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See also: Wallace, of See also: Sir See also: James
See also: Mackintosh's History of See also: England (vols. iv.-x., 1830-1840); and the fifth See also: volume (1840) of the Lives of the See also: British Admirals, begun by R
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See also: Southey
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He was a director of the Royal Literary Fund, and well known for his open-hearted generosity to See also: fellow men of letters
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