Edward Blaquiere

(1779-1832)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Blaquiere, Edward DNB: Blaquiere, Edward (1779-1832), author and philhellene LBT ID: EdBlaqu1832 VIAF ID: 7724925 LOC ID: nr92036078	B/BAP: 1779 DIED: 1832
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After serving in the Royal Navy he published Letters from the Mediterranean, 2 vols (1813); with John Bowring he founded the London Greek Committee in 1823.
WRITINGS IN THE ARCHIVE: “Lord Byron in Greece” in Westminster Review 2 (July 1824) 225-62