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EDWARD WEDLAKE BRAYLEY (1773-18J4)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 438 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EDWARD WEDLAKE See also:BRAYLEY (1773-18J4)  , See also:English See also:antiquary and topographer, was See also:born at See also:Lambeth, See also:London, in 1773 . He was apprenticed to the enamelling See also:trade, but See also:early See also:developed See also:literary tastes . He formed a See also:close friendship with See also:John See also:Britton, which lasted for sixty-five years . They entered into a literary See also:partnership, and after some small successes at See also:song and See also:play See also:writing they became See also:joint editors of The Beauties of See also:England and See also:Wales, themselves writing many of the volumes . See also:Long after he had become famous as a topographer, See also:Brayley continued his See also:enamel See also:work . In 1823 he was elected a See also:fellow of the Society of Antiquaries . He died in London on the 23rd of See also:September 18 J4 . His other See also:works include See also:Sir Reginalde or the See also:Black See also:Tower (1803); Views in See also:Suffolk, See also:Norfolk and See also:Northampton-See also:shire, illustrative of works of Rob' . See also:Bloomfield (18o6); Lambeth See also:Palace (18o6); The See also:History of the See also:Abbey See also:Church of See also:Westminster (2 vols., 1818) ; Topographical Sketches of Brighthelmstone (1825); See also:Historical and Descriptive Accounts of Theatres of London (1826); Londiniana (1829); History of See also:Surrey (5 vols., 1841-1848) .

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