Rossetti, William Michael, 1829-1919

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Birth 1829-09-29
Death 1919-02-05
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English author - Brother of Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Prof. Knight, [18]85 Apr. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657827

From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Prof. Knight, [190]7 Feb. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657844

From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Prof. Knight, [18]96 Jan. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657832

From the description of Autograph postal signed : London, to Prof. Knight, [190]3 Mar. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657838

From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Prof. Knight, [18]96 Sept. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657835

William Michael Rossetti was an English art critic and essayist, as well as one of the Pre-Raphaelite "brothers" together with Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

From the description of William Michael Rossetti collection, 1868-1907. (Peking University Library). WorldCat record id: 60358283

English poet, editor and art critic who contributed to the Encyclopaedia Brittannica and Oxford English Dictionary.

From the description of Letters, 1851-1914. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 148549594

English editor and art critic.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to an unidentified correspondent, 1893 Nov. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657854

English bibliographer and forger.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to John Webster, 1890 March 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 650282378

British governmental official, editor, and English art critic.

From the description of Papers, 1853-1861 and n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 34300630

English author; brother of Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) and autograph postal signed : to Prof. Knight, [18]82 Dec. 27-[18]83 Jan. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657820

English author.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to an unidentified recipient, 1895 Oct. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270853000

English author and critic, brother of Christina and Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

From the description of ALS : London, to an unidentified correspondent, [18]86 Mar. 22. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122610901

Man of letters and art-critic, one of the seven Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood.

From the description of Letter to Mr. Dobell, 1888. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122540577

British governmental official and editor.

From the description of Papers, 1850-1916. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20121830

English art critic and literary editor.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to William Allingham, [year not specified] Feb. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 709776892

From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to William Allingham, 1850 Oct. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 709732796

From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to William Allingham, [1860] Apr. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 709768389

From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to William Allingham, 1851 Jan. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 709747436

From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to [John Webster], 1890 March 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 650275294

From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to [John Webster], 1890 March 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 650276741

From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to William Allingham, [year not specified] June 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 709776027

From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to William Allingham, [1876?] Apr. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 709777015

William Michael Rossetti was the brother of poet Christina Rossetti and artist Dante Rossetti. Despite early success as a poet, his skills were largely organizational; he took a job with the Excise Office, and, as a founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, he served as secretary and editor of The Germ. He continued to write, and to circulate among London's creative men of letters. He was popular and respected, and close with his siblings; it was his encouragement that first prompted Christina to submit poems for publications.

From the description of William Michael Rossetti letters, 1887-1919. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 56194017

British critic and writer; brother of Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

From the description of Correspondence, ca. 1851-1912. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84279341

William Michael Rossetti (1829-1919), original member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, brother of Dante Gabriel and Christina Rossetti; art critic, literary editor, man of letters; introduced Walt Whitman's work to British public.

Sir Edmund William Gosse (1849-1928), poet, man of letters, biographer and critic for Saturday Review, a periodical founded in 1855.

Robert Williams Buchanan (1841-1901), British poet, novelist and dramatist, notable for a long dispute with Algernon Charles Swinburne; in 1871 published "The Fleshly School of Poetry" in the Contemporary Review, as a response to Swinburne's praise of Dante Rossetti's poetry.

From the description of Letter to [Edmund] Gosse, 1876 March 21. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 59227782

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