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Chalmers, Alexander

Scottish author and editor

born March 29, 1759, Aberdeen, Scot.

died Dec. 10, 1834, London, Eng.

Scottish editor and biographer best known for his General Biographical Dictionary (1812–17), a 32-volume revision of work first published in 11 volumes (1761).

Chalmers' Glossary to Shakespeare (1797) was followed by The Works of the English Poets from Chaucer to Cowper (1810), a revised and expanded version of Dr. Johnson's Lives of the Poets (1779–81). A prolific editor, Chalmers published The British Essayists: With Prefaces Historical and Biographical in 45 volumes (1817), as well as the works of the Scottish poet and philosopher James Beattie, the novelist Henry Fielding, the historian Edward Gibbon, and others.

词条	Chalmers, Alexander
释义	Chalmers, Alexander Scottish author and editor born March 29, 1759, Aberdeen, Scot. died Dec. 10, 1834, London, Eng. Scottish editor and biographer best known for his General Biographical Dictionary (1812–17), a 32-volume revision of work first published in 11 volumes (1761). Chalmers' Glossary to Shakespeare (1797) was followed by The Works of the English Poets from Chaucer to Cowper (1810), a revised and expanded version of Dr. Johnson's Lives of the Poets (1779–81). A prolific editor, Chalmers published The British Essayists: With Prefaces Historical and Biographical in 45 volumes (1817), as well as the works of the Scottish poet and philosopher James Beattie, the novelist Henry Fielding, the historian Edward Gibbon, and others.
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