See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• FORSTER, FRANCOIS (179o-,872)
• FORSTER, FRIEDRICH CHRISTOPH (1791-1868)
• FORSTER, JOHANN GEORG ADAM (1754-1794)
• JOHN FORSTER (1812-1876)
• FORSTER, JOHN COOPER (1823-1886)
• FORSTER, WILLIAM EDWARD (1818-1886)

FORSTER (1812-1876)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English biographer and critic, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the and of See also:

• APRIL

April 1812 at See also:

• NEWCASTLE
• NEWCASTLE, DUKES OF

Newcastle . His See also:

• FATHER

father, who was a Unitarian and belonged to the junior See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• NORTHUMBERLAND
• NORTHUMBERLAND, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• NORTHUMBERLAND, JOHN DUDLEY, VISCOUNT LISLE, EARL OF WARWICK
• NORTHUMBERLAND, JOHN NEVILLE, EARL OF (c. 1430-1471)

Northumberland See also:

• FAMILY

family, was a See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle-dealer . After being well grounded in See also:

• CLASSICS

classics and See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics at the See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar school of his native See also:

• TOWN

town, See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• FORSTER, FRANCOIS (179o-,872)
• FORSTER, FRIEDRICH CHRISTOPH (1791-1868)
• FORSTER, JOHANN GEORG ADAM (1754-1794)
• FORSTER, JOHN (1812-1876)
• FORSTER, JOHN COOPER (1823-1886)
• FORSTER, WILLIAM EDWARD (1818-1886)

Forster was sent in 1828 to See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, but after only a See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month's See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence he removed to See also:

• LONDON

London, where he attended classes at University See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, and was entered at the Inner See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

Temple . He devoted himself, however, chiefly to See also:

• LITERARY

literary pursuits . He contributed to The True See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

Sun, The See also:

• MORNING

Morning See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

Chronicle and to The Examiner, for which he acted as literary and dramatic critic; and the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of his powerful individuality soon made itself See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt . His Lives of the Statesmen of the Ccmmonwealth (1836-1839) appeared partly in See also:

• LARDNER, DIONYSIUS (1793-1859)
• LARDNER, NATHANIEL (1684-1768)

Lardner's Cyclopaedia . He published the See also:

• WORK

work separately in 184o with a See also:

• TREATISE

Treatise on the Popular Progress in English See also:

• HISTORY

History . Its merits obtained immediate recognition, and Forster became a prominent figure in that distinguished circle of literary men which included Bulwer, See also:

• TALFOURD, SIR THOMAS NOON (1795-1854)

Talfourd, See also:

• ALBANY
• ALBANY, DUKES OF
• ALBANY, LOUISE MAXIMILIENNE CAROLINE, COUNTESS OF (1752-1824)

Albany, See also:

• FONBLANQUE, ALBANY WILLIAM (1793-1872)

Fonblanque, See also:

• LANDOR, WALTER SAVAGE (1775-1864)

Landor, See also:

• CARLYLE, ALEXANDER (1722-1805)
• CARLYLE, JOSEPH DACRE (1759-18o4)
• CARLYLE, THOMAS (1795-1881)

Carlyle and See also:

• DICKENS, CHARLES JOHN HUFFAM (1812-187o)

Dickens . Forster is said to have been for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time engaged to Letitia See also:

• LANDON, CHARLES PAUL (1760-1826)
• LANDON, LETITIA ELIZABETH (18o2-1838)

Landon, but the engagement was broken off, and See also:

• MISS

Miss Landon married See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George Maclean . In 1843 he was called to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar but he never became a practising lawyer . For some years he edited the See also:

• FOREIGN

Foreign Quarterly See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review; in 1846, on the retirement of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles Dickens, he took See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge for some months of the Daily See also:

• NEWS

News; and from 1847 to 1856 he edited the Examiner . From 1836 onwards he contributed to the See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh Quarterly and Foreign Quarterly Reviews a variety of articles, some of which were republished in two volumes of See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

Biographical and See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical Essays (r858) .

In 1848 appeared his admirable See also:

• LIFE

Life and Times of See also:

• OLIVER, ISAAC (c. 1566--1617)
• OLIVER, PETER (1594-1648)

Oliver See also:

• GOLDSMITH
• GOLDSMITH, LEWIS (c. 1763–1846)
• GOLDSMITH, OLIVER (1728–1774)

Goldsmith (revised in 1854) . Continuing his researches into English history under the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early Stuarts, he published in 186o the See also:

• ARREST (Fr. arrester, arreeter, to stop or stay)

Arrest of the Five Members by Charles I.—A See also:

• CHAPTER (a shortened form of chapiter, a word still used in architecture for a capital; derived from O. Fr. chapitre, Lat. capitellum, diminutive of caput, head)

Chapter of English History rewritten, and The Debates on the See also:

• GRAND

Grand Remonstrance, with an See also:

• INTRODUCTORY

Introductory See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

Essay on English Freedom . These were followed by his See also:

• SIR

Sir John See also:

• ELIOT, CHARLES WILLIAM (1834– )
• ELIOT, GEORGE
• ELIOT, JOHN (1604-1690)
• ELIOT, SIR JOHN (1592-1632)

Eliot: a See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

Biography (1864), elaborated from one of his earlier studies for the Lives of Eminent See also:

• BRITISH

British Statesmen . In 1868 appeared his Life of Landor, and, on the See also:

• DEATH

death of his friend See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander See also:

• DYCE, ALEXANDER (1798–1869)
• DYCE, WILLIAM (1806–1864)

Dyce, Forster undertook the publication of his third edition of See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare . For several years he had been See also:

• COLLECTING

collecting materials for a life of See also:

• SWIFT
• SWIFT, JONATHAN (1667—1745)

Swift, but he interrupted his studies in this direction to write his See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard Life of Charles Dickens . He had See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long been intimate with the novelist, and it is by this work that John Forster is now chiefly remembered . The first See also:

• VOLUME

volume appeared in 1872, and the biography was completed in 1874 . Towards the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of 1875 the first volume of his Life of Swift was published; and he had made some progress in the preparation of the second at the time of his death on the 2nd of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1876 . In 1855 Forster had been appointed secretary to the lunacy See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission, and from 1861 to 1872 he held the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of a See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner in lunacy . His valuable collection of See also:

• MANUSCRIPTS

manuscripts, including the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original copies of Charles Dickens's novels, together with hisbooks and pictures, was bequeathed to See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• KENSINGTON

Kensington Museum . An admirable See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of him by See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• MORLEY
• MORLEY [oP BLACKBURN], JOHN MORLEY
• MORLEY, BARONS AND EARLS OF
• MORLEY, GEORGE (1597-1684)
• MORLEY, HENRY (1822-1894)
• MORLEY, SAMUEL (18o9–1886)

Morley is prefixed to the See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official handbook (1877) of the Dyce and Forster bequests .