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Empson, William. Adm. pens. at TRINITY, Dec. 19, 1807. [Perhaps s. of Amaziah (1773).] B. 1791. School, Winchester. Matric. Michs. 1808; Scholar, 1809; B.A. 1812; M.A. 1815. Called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn, Feb. 11, 1819; practised until 1824. Professor of 'General Polity and the Laws of England,' at the East India College, Haileybury, 1824-52. Contributed to the Edinburgh Review more than sixty articles upon law, politics, and literary topics, between 1823 and 1849. There is an account of two of these (on Goethe's Faust and Correspondence with Schiller) in Carlyle's Correspondence with Goethe, 1887, 255 and 282. His article on Bentham (1843) was answered by John Stuart Mill. Another contribution was on Dr Thomas Arnold, with whom he was at school at Winchester, and with whose opinions upon educational and ecclesiastical questions he sympathised. Succeeded to the editorship of The Edinburgh Review in 1847. Died Dec. 10, 1852, at Haileybury. (D.N.B.; Boase, I. 992.) | William EMPSON Approx. lifespan: 17911852 pens. Trinity College adm1807:12:19 Perhaps s. of Amaziah EMPSON (1773).] b. 1791 Sch: Winchester School [Winchester], [ Hampshire ] Matric 1808:10MT: Scholar 1809 BA 1812 MA 1815 Called to the Bar: Lincoln's Inn 1819:02:11 practised until1824 Professor of: 'General Polity and the Laws of England,' at the Sch: East India College Haileybury, [ Hertfordshire ] 1824-52 Contributed to the Edinburgh Review more than sixty articles upon law, politics, and literary topics, between 1823, and 1849 There is an account of two of these (on Goethe's Faust and Correspondence with Schiller ) in Carlyle's Correspondence with Goethe 1887, 255 and 282. His article on Bentham (1843) was answered by John Stuart Mill. Another contribution was on Dr Thomas ARNOLD, with whom he was at school Winchester, [ Hampshire ], and with whose opinions upon educational and ecclesiastical questions he sympathised. Succeeded to the editorship of The Edinburgh Review in1847 d. 1852:12:10 at Haileybury, [ Hertfordshire ] ( D.N.B.; Boase, I. 992.) [add:]Married 1838:06:27, Charlotte, only dau. of Francis, Lord Jeffrey, a Scottish[:add] [add:]Judge[:add] [add:](P.J. Barnwell: Dunbartonshire ; Romilly, 1840:10:09 )[:add] |