Henry Southern (journalist)
Henry Southern (1799โ1853) was an English journalist and diplomat, best known as the founder of the Retrospective Review.
Early life
Born in
Journalist
Interested in early English literature, Southern in 1820 founded the Retrospective Review, which he edited on his own till 1826, by which time 14 volumes had been published. Between 1826 and 1828 two more were issued by him with Nicholas Harris Nicolas. The Review provided criticisms on "scarce old books", mainly of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Two more volumes of another series of the title were published in 1853โ4.[1]
When
Diplomat
In 1833 Southern accompanied the English ambassador, George William Frederick Villiers to Spain as his private secretary. He was then placed on the diplomatic staff, and, after remaining some years at Madrid, was appointed secretary to the legation at Lisbon.[1]
In 1848 Southern became minister to the
Notes
- ^ a b c d e Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 53. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ "Southern, Henry (STN814H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). "Southern, Henry". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 53. London: Smith, Elder & Co.