Letters from John Miller Dow Meiklejohn to Edmund Evans, 1884. 7, 12, 27 September and 4 October 1884

Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905

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Evans was born Feb. 23, 1826 in Southwark, London, England; at 13 years old, he became reading boy at Samuel Bentley's, printers in Shoe Lane; in 1840 he was apprenticed to wood-engraver Ebenezer Landells; started business as wood-engraver, first on Fleet St. and later on Racquet Court; became known as color engraver, printing The poems of Oliver Goldsmith (1858) and A chronicle of England (1864); color-printed children's books by Walter Crane, Randolph Caldecott, and Kate Greenaway; retired in ...

University of St. Andrews (Scotland)

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John Miller Dow Meiklejohn, Edward Evans.

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John Miller Dow Meiklejohn (1830-1902) was the son of John Meiklejohn, schoolmaster in Edinburgh. He studied at Edinburgh University, gaining his MA in 1858. He started a number of schools, mainly in London, worked as war correspondent during the war between Prussia and Denmark in 1864, and was appointed professor of Education at St Andrews University in 1876 until his death in 1902. He stood for Parliament twice as a Liberal, for Dundee in 1874 and for Glasgow in 1886, but failed t...

Meiklejohn, J. M. D. (John Miller Dow), 1830-1902

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