| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Mitford, John, 1781-1859 NRA: Mitford John (1781-1859) Anglican Clergyman Literary Historian Gardener DNB: Mitford, John (1781-1859), literary scholar and Church of England clergyman LBT ID: JoMitfo1859 VIAF ID: 27838479 LOC ID: no98133239  | B/BAP:   1781-08-13 DIED: 1859-04-26  | 
| SOURCES: DNB; Prance, Companion to Charles Lamb (1983); Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File | |
Educated at Oriel College, Oxford, he was rector of Benhall in Suffolk, a friend of
                        Charles Lamb and Samuel Rogers. He was a book collector and editor of the Gentleman's Magazine (1834-50).  | |
 REFERENCES TO WORKS BY John Mitford:   “The Letters of Charles Lamb”  in Gentleman's Magazine.    Found 1. 
                                                         Display Records   “Lines Written under the Portrait of Edward VI.”  in Sacred Specimens: Selected from the Early English Poets; with Prefatory
                        Verses.   Found 1. 
                                                         Display Records   “Sonnet addressed to Bernard Barton”  in London Magazine.    Found 2. 
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                  Sacred Specimens: Selected from the Early English Poets; with Prefatory
                        Verses.   Found 2. 
                                                         Display Records   “On Spanish Literature—Francisco de Olivarez”  in New Monthly Magazine.    Found 1. 
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