John Sherren Brewer
John Sherren Brewer, Jr. (March 1809 – February 1879) was an English clergyman, historian and scholar. He was a brother of E. Cobham Brewer, compiler of Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable.
Birth and education
Brewer was born in
FD Maurice. In 1854, Maurice invited him to teach at the newly opened Working Men's College
; from 1869 to 1872 he was the College's Vice Principal.
Brewer's son Henry William Brewer (1836-1903) was a noted architectural artist. Henry William Brewer's sons were the artist Henry Charles Brewer and the creator of etchings James Alphege Brewer.[2]
Journalism and history
From 1854 onwards, Brewer combined these duties with
Henry VIII
's reign. New editions of several standard historical works were also produced under Brewer's direction.
Primary sources
- Letters and papers, foreign and domestic, of the reign of Henry VIII: preserved in the Public Record Office, the British Museum and elsewhere, Volume 1 edited by John S. Brewer, Robert H. Brodie, James Gairdner. (1862), full text online vol 1; full text vol 3
Notes
- Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource..
- ISBN 978-1914934131.
External links
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Brewer, John Sherren". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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