David Masson
1822–1907
Biographer and editor. Studied for the ministry of the Church of Scotland, University of Edinburgh, 1839–42. Worked as editor and journalist in Scotland. Professor of English literature, University College, London, 1853–65. Editor, Macmillan’s Magazine, 1858–67; Reader, spring–summer 1863. Professor of rhetoric and English literature, University of Edinburgh, 1865–1907.
Source
DNB.
Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.