Richard Simpson
1820–76
Biographer and Shakespearian scholar. Vicar, Mitcham, Surrey, 1844–5; then converted to the Roman Catholic faith. After several years of continental travel, returned to England, where he edited The Rambler, a liberal Catholic magazine, until 1862. In his later years, chiefly conducted research on Shakespeare.
Source
British authors.
Bibliography
British authors: British authors of the nineteenth century. Edited by Stanley J. Kunitz. New York. 1964.
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