John Dean Blythe
John Dean Blythe (1842–1869), was an English writer.
Biography
He was born at
Shakespeare. On one occasion, Blythe supplied the references to fifty-seven out of sixty passages selected to try him. Amongst his manuscripts was one containing over five hundred entries, alphabetically arranged, of the contents of "A Midsummer Night's Dream". In politics he was a philosophical radical. He attended, as a teacher, the Sunday school of the Methodist New Connexion, in Stamford Street, Manchester
, during the greater portion of his life. On 5th Feb. 1869, he was killed by the accidental discharge of a revolver in the hands of a friend.
Literary work
Blythe's literary efforts were encouraged by the Rev.
Joseph Rayner Stephens and John Critchley Prince. A contribution to Punch
and some verses in the Ashton newspapers are the only pieces known to have been printed during Blythe's lifetime. He edited a manuscript magazine which circulated amongst the members of a self-improvement society. He left behind him a considerable amount of manuscript, and a small memorial volume was issued, entitled A Sketch of the Life (by Joseph Williamson) and a Selection from the Writings of John Dean Blythe, Manchester, 1870.
References
. Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.