Robert Stephen Rintoul

(1787-1858)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Rintoul, Robert Stephen, 1787-1858 DNB: Rintoul, Robert Stephen (1787–1858), journal editor LBT ID: RoRinto1858 VIAF ID: 75724303 LOC ID: n2005049895	B/BAP: 1787 DIED: 1858-04-22
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Scottish journalist in Dundee who in 1825 emigrated to London and in 1826 became editor of the Benthamite The Atlas; in 1828 he founded The Spectator.
REFERENCES TO Robert Stephen Rintoul: William Carew Hazlitt, Memoirs of William Hazlitt. With Portions of his Correspondence 2 vols (London: Richard Bentley, 1867) Ch. XX Found 1: ¶ 15