Forster, John
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Forster, John
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Forster, John
Forster, John, biographer
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Forster, John, biographer
Forster, John, of Add MS 31910
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Forster, John, of Add MS 31910
Forster, John, of Add MS 34624
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Forster, John, of Add MS 34624
Forster, John, barrister and author
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Forster, John, barrister and author
Forster, John, alias Forrester; of Stonegarthside
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Forster, John, alias Forrester; of Stonegarthside
Forster, John, Sir, Warden of the Marches al Foster
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Forster, John, Sir, Warden of the Marches al Foster
Forster, John, son-in-law of Sir T Cook
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Forster, John, son-in-law of Sir T Cook
Forster, John, junior, administrator of J Ley, late Warden of Tonge College
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Forster, John, junior, administrator of J Ley, late Warden of Tonge College
Forster, John, Archdeacon of London
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Forster, John, Archdeacon of London
Forster, John, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in Ireland
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Forster, John, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in Ireland
Forster, John, attorney, of Lincoln's Inn
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Forster, John, attorney, of Lincoln's Inn
Forster, John, of St. Helens, county Lancashire
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Forster, John, of St. Helens, county Lancashire
Forster, John, of the Temple
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Forster, John, of the Temple
Forster, John, Sir, Warden of the Middle Marches
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Forster, John, Sir, Warden of the Middle Marches
Forster, John, Minister of the Savoy Chapel
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Forster, John, Minister of the Savoy Chapel
Forster, John, of Add MS 29189
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Forster, John, of Add MS 29189
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John Forster (1812-1876) was one of England's more influential writers and editors. He was born April 2, 1812 in Newcastle, England. At the age of 15, in June 1827, he wrote a singularly clever and elaborate paper entitled A Few Thoughts in Vindication of the Stage. Entering University College in London in 1828 as a law student, Forster became friends with such fellow students as James Emerson Tennent and James Whiteside. He was admitted to the bar in 1843, but seldom practiced law thereafter.
Forster was an editor and a contributor to many magazines and newspapers including The Examiner, Foreign Quarterly Review, Daily News, and the Edinburgh Review. In 1836, the first of his five volumes of Lives of the Statesmen of the Commonwealth was published as part of Lardner's Cyclopaedia. This set included a biography of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford which would cause a controversy concerning authorship after Forster's death. He also published biographies of such notables as Oliver Goldsmith (1854), Landor (1869), and the first volume of a biography of Jonathan Swift (1876). Perhaps his most famous biography, however, was that of his friend Charles Dickens which appeared in three volumes in 1872, 1873, and 1874.
First married to L. E. Landon, a poetess, he became estranged from his wife and on September 12, 1856, married Eliza Ann (Crosbie) Colburn. Eliza was the daughter of Captain Robert Crosbie, R.N., and widow of Henry Colburn, a well-known publisher. There were no children as the result of either marriage.
John Forster died on February 2, 1876. He had been working on the first volume of Life of Jonathan Swift at the time.
Epithet: of St. Helens, county Lancashire
Epithet: attorney, of Lincoln's Inn
Epithet: Archdeacon of London
Epithet: son-in-law of Sir T Cook
Epithet: Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in Ireland
Epithet: Warden of the Middle Marches
Epithet: biographer
Epithet: alias Forrester; of Stonegarthside
Epithet: of Add MS 34624
Epithet: Minister of the Savoy Chapel
Epithet: of the Temple
Epithet: junior, administrator of J Ley, late Warden of Tonge College
Epithet: Warden of the Marches al Foster
Epithet: of Add MS 31910
Epithet: of Add MS 29189
Epithet: barrister and author
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