Frederick Startridge Ellis
Frederick Startridge Ellis (1830–1901) was an English bookseller and author.
Life
The sixth son of Joseph Ellis, hotel-keeper, of Richmond, was born there on 7 June 1830. He entered, at the age of sixteen, the business of Edward Lumley of Chancery Lane, and afterwards became assistant to C. J. Stewart, a bookseller of King William Street, Strand, London from whom he acquired his knowledge of books. In 1860 he went into business for himself at 33 King Street, Covent Garden, and in 1871 took into partnership G. M. Green (1841–1872), who had been through the same training.[1]
After the death of Green in 1872, Ellis took on premises at 29
In 1885 Ellis retired from business, and his stock of rarities was sold by Sotheby's for about £16,000. He was succeeded in business by his nephew G. I. Ellis.[1]
Ellis died at Sidmouth on 26 February 1901, after a short illness, in his seventy-first year.[1]
Associations
Ellis had a wide circle of literary and artistic friends. He was a publisher, on a small scale, and brought out works of
Works
After his retirement from business, Ellis spent his time writing. For
Family
Ellis married in 1860 Caroline Augusta Flora, daughter of William Moates of Epsom, and left two sons and a daughter, who with his wife survived him.[1]
Their daughter Phyllis Marion conducted the "herculean task" of the initial transcription of the Kelmscott edition of Caxton's Golden Legend.[2]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Longmans, Green & Co. pp. 261 – via Wikisource.
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Ellis, Frederick Startridge". Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
External links
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