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| Kemble, John Mitchell. Adm. pens. (age 20 sic ) at TRINITY, June 26, 1824. [Elder] s. of Charles [the actor, of Craven Hill, Bayswater]. B. [Apr. 2, 1807], in London . [A nephew of Mrs Siddons.] Schools, Clapham, and Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk . Matric. Michs. 1825; B.A. 1830; M.A. 1833. President of the Union, 1828. Prominent among the Apostles, officially, the "Cambridge Conversazione Society", who were ardently speculative. Friend of Tennyson, who addressed to him his sonnet To J. M. K. Adm. at the Inner Temple, June 22, 1827. Studied philology in Germany , under Jacob Grimm. Earned a reputation as an Anglo-Saxon scholar by his edition of the Poems of Beowulf, 1833. Lectured at Cambridge on the Anglo-Saxon language and literature, 1834. Married, 1836, Nathalie Auguste, dau. of Professor Amadeus Wendt, of Göttingen. Resided in London , employed in literary work and studying history and philology. Examiner of stage plays, 1840-57. Subsequently separated from his wife, and lived abroad, studying archaeology. Edited the British and Foreign Review, 1835-44. Author, The Saxons in England ; Codex Diplomaticus aevi Saxonici, etc. A list of his "Writings" is given in Proceedings of the British Academy, XXV. 21-36. Died of inflammation of the lungs at the Gresham Hotel, Dublin, Mar. 26, 1857. Buried in the cemetery of St Jerome, Dublin. A bust of him is in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge. ( Bury Gr. Sch. Reg.; Boase, II. 187; Inns of Court; D.N.B. ; Bruce Dickens; Sir F. Galton, Memoirs, 286; C.U. Hist. Reg., 992, note 24.) | John Mitchell KEMBLE Approx. lifespan: 1807–1857 Adm pens. aged 20 sic Trinity College 1824:06:26 [Elder] s. of Charles KEMBLE [the actor,, of Craven Hill, Bayswater, [London], b. 1807:04:02 London , A nephew of Mrs Siddons.] Sch: Clapham School Clapham, [London], , and Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk , Matric. 1825:10MT: BA 1830 MA 1833 President: of Cambridge Union Society 1828 Prominent among the Apostles, officially, the " CB, ???, Conversazione Society ", who were ardently speculative. Friend of Tennyson, who addressed to him his sonnet To J. M. K. Adm. Inner Temple: 1827:06:22 Studied philology Germany , , under Jacob Grimm. Earned a reputation as an Anglo-Saxon scholar by his edition of the Poems of Beowulf 1833 Lectured CB, ???, on the Anglo-Saxon language and literature 1834 m. 1836,Nathalie Auguste, dau. of Professor: Amadeus Wendt, of Göttingen [Germany], At London , , employed in literary work and studying history and philology. Examiner: of stage plays 1840-57 Subsequently separated from his wife, and Lived abroad, studying archaeology. Publ.: Edited the British and Foreign Rev.iew 1835-44 Publ.: The Saxons in England; Codex Diplomaticus aevi Saxonici etc. A list of his "Writings" is given in Proceedings of the British Academy , XXV. 21-36. d. of inflammation of the lungs at the Gresham Hotel, Dublin, [Ireland], 1857:03:26 bur. in the cemetery of St Jerome, Dublin, [Ireland], A bust of him is in the library of Trinity College Refs: Bury Gr. School Reg. Refs: Boase, II. 187 Refs: Inns of Court Refs: D.N.B. Refs: Bruce Dickens Refs: Sir F. Galton, Memoirs, 286 Refs: C.U. Hist. Reg., 992, note 24. |