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Jeffrey, Francis

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature | 2003 | | Copyright

Jeffrey, Francis (1773–1850), a Whig who became a Scottish judge and an MP. He is remembered in a literary connection as the founder, with Sydney Smith, of the Edinburgh Review in 1802, as its editor until 1829, and as a stern but judicious critic of the writers of his day. Although he wrote appreciatively of many writers, including Crabbe, Sir W. Scott, Byron, and Keats, his inability to understand Wordsworth led to a series of attacks on ‘The Lake Poets’.

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Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey

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Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey 1773–1850, Scottish critic and judge. He was a founder and editor of the Edinburgh Review, which printed his critical essays.

Bibliography: See his Contributions to the Edinburgh Review (4 vol., 1844).

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