Alexander Balloch Grosart
Alexander Balloch Grosart (18 June 1827 – 16 March 1899) was a
Life
The son of a building contractor, he was born at
He resigned from the ministry in 1892, and died at Dublin.[2]
Editorial work
Among the first writers whose works he edited were the Puritan writers,
His Occasional Issues of Unique and Very Rare Books (1875–1881) included among other things the Annalia Dubrensia of Robert Dover. In 1876 still another series, known as the “Chertsey Worthies Library,” was begun. It included editions of the works of Nicholas Breton, Francis Quarles, Dr Joseph Beaumont, Abraham Cowley, Henry More and John Davies of Hereford.[1]
The two last-named series were being produced simultaneously until 1881, and no sooner had they been completed than Grosart began the “Huth Library,” so called from the bibliophile
Religious works
- Jesus 'mighty to save': Isaiah lxiii.1 or, Christ for all the world, and all the world for Christ (1863)
- Joining the Church, Or, Materials for Conversations Between a Minister and Intending Communicant (1865)
- The Lambs All Safe: Or, the Salvation of Children (1865)
See also
References
- ^ a b c d public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Grosart, Alexander Balloch". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 615. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ Johnstone, Thomas Boston (1901). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). Vol. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co.