Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography
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The Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography was a biographical dictionary of the nineteenth century, published by William Mackenzie in Glasgow.
| Genre | Reference |
|---|---|
Publication date | 1857 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
The second edition, which was published in 1876, was released in two sets. One was a set of 28 volumes (parts), priced at 4 shillings each. The other set was in 14 volumes (divisions), in elegant cloth, bevel boards, cut edges, and priced at 10 shillings each.
Publication
[edit]The Dictionary was issued by part publication,[1] and its first edition appeared from 1857 to 1863. In collected form (1863) there were three volumes, originally issued in 16 parts.[2] A later edition appeared from 1876.[3]
Staff and writers
[edit]The Imperial Dictionary was edited by John Francis Waller from 1857 to 1866;[2] Patrick Edward Dove was general editor for the first 20 numbers,[4] John Service was on the editorial staff 1858 to 1862, acting as sub-editor under Dove.[5] Also involved editorially were William John Macquorn Rankine, Francis Bowen, John Eadie, and John Pringle Nichol.[6][7][8]
A list of contributors appeared in the first volume,[9] and a further list in volume II.[10]
- William Lindsay Alexander[11]
- Archibald Allison
- Joseph Angus
- John Anster
- Thomas Arnold
- William Baird
- John Hutton Balfour
- Hugh Barclay
- Thomas Spencer Baynes
- John Relly Beard,[12]
- Edwin Beedell
- Henry Glassford Bell
- Hugh Blackburn
- John Stuart Blackie
- Francis Bowen
- W. B. Boyce
- David Brewster
- J. H. Browne
- Baroness Blaze de Bury
- John Hill Burton
- William Hookham Carpenter
- J. F. Corkran
- George Lillie Craik
- J. P. Darney
- Samuel Davidson
- Joshua Frederick Denham
- M. Desmarest
- Benjamin Disraeli
- James Donaldson
- J. W. Doran
- Patrick Edward Dove
- John Eadie
- John Edmond
- Karl Elze
- Francis Espinasse,[13][14]
- Patrick Fairbairn
- James Frederick Ferrier[15]
- William Fleming
- Alexander Campbell Fraser
- Samuel H. Gael
- William Gammell
- Robert Grant
- William Alexander Greenhill
- Felix John Hamel
- James Hamilton
- Robert Harrison
- Eben Norton Horsford
- Mary Howitt
- William Howitt
- William Hughes
- Thomas Jackson
- Robert Kane
- Edwin Lankester[16]
- William Leitch
- Peter Lorimer
- Edmund Law Lushington
- William Maccall
- James M'Cosh
- George Alexander Macfarren.[17]
- John Maclean
- Norman Mcleod
- James Ormiston McWilliam
- Augustus Caesar Marani
- William Allen Miller
- George Moore
- John Daniel Morell
- Thomas Boyles Murray
- John Pringle Nichol
- John Nichol
- C. G. Nicholay
- James O'Dowd
- R. S. Oldham
- John G. Palfrey
- Frederick Penny
- Francis Pulszky
- William John Macquorn Rankine
- Edward Francis Rimbault
- Henry Darwin Rogers
- William Howard Russell
- Aurelio Saffi
- R. Siegfried
- Alexander Smith
- Robert Angus Smith
- J. Storer Smith
- Hugh Stowell
- James Summers
- William Symington
- Isaac Taylor,[18]
- James Taylor.[19]
- James Emerson Tennent
- Robert Dundas Thomson
- Walter Thornbury
- James Thorne
- John Tulloch
- Robert Vaughan
- John Veitch
- John Francis Waller
- John Washington
- Francis Cornelius Webb
- W. Webster
- Charles Richard Weld
- Robert Willis
- Horace Hayman Wilson
- Ralph N. Wornum
Other contributors included:
- John Merry Ross,[20]
- Christina Rossetti on Petrarch, and numerous other Italians[21][22]
- William Michael Rossetti,[21]
- Algernon Charles Swinburne,[23]
There were engravings included by William Thomas Fry,[24] James Thomson,[25] and Richard Woodman.[26]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Eadie, John (3 February 2019). The imperial dictionary of universal biography: a series of original memoirs of distinguished men, of all ages and all nations. W. Mackenzie. OL 24598525M.
- ^ a b Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 59. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ The Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography: A Series of Original Memoirs of Distinguished Men, of All Ages and All Nations. William Mackenzie. 1876.
- ^ Cunliffe, John. "Dove, Patrick Edward". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/7951. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 50. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 47. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Alexander Macdonald (1868). Handbook of the Law relative to Masters, Workmen, Servants & Apprentices, in all Trades & Occupations: With Notes of decided Cases in England, Scotland & Ireland. Will. Mackenzie. p. 431.
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 40. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ John Francis Waller; John Eadie; William John Macquorn Rankine; Edwin Lankester (1857). The Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography: A Series of Original Memoirs of Distinguished Men, of All Ages and All Nations. William Mackenzie, 22 Paternoster Row; Howard Street, Glasgow; South Bridge, Edinburgh. pp. 521–2.
- ^ Eadie, John; Waller, John Francis (3 February 1863). "The Imperial dictionary of universal biography: a series of original memoirs of distinguished men, of all ages and all nations". London, W. Mackenzie – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1901). . Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Records of a Family. Manchester University Press. p. 11. GGKEY:JQW794YFY97.
- ^ Laurel Brake; Marysa Demoor (2009). Dictionary of Nineteenth-century Journalism in Great Britain and Ireland. Academia Press. p. 207. ISBN 978-90-382-1340-8.
- ^ Benjamin Disraeli (2009). Benjamin Disraeli Letters: 1860-1864. University of Toronto Press. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-8020-9949-5.
- ^ Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1889). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 18. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1885). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 4. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Brown, Clive. "Macfarren, Sir George Macfarren". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/17498. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 55. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 55. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Ovenden, Richard. "Ross, John Merry". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/24128. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ a b Frederick Wilse Bateson (1966). The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. CUP Archive. p. 274. GGKEY:SQT257C7TNL.
- ^ Alison Chapman (2003). Victorian Women Poets. DS Brewer. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-85991-787-2.
- ^ Rooksby, Rikky. "Swinburne, Algernon Charles". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36389. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Oliver, Lois. "Fry, William Thomas". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10213. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Smith, Greg. "Thomson, James". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/27308. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Smith, Greg. "Woodman, Richard". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29931. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
External links
[edit]- Waller, John Francis; Eadie, John; editors (1863). The Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography, 3 volumes. Glasgow: William MacKenzie. Vols. 1 (AA–CZU), 2 (DAA–IWA), and 3 (JAA–ZWI) at HathiTrust.