John Roby Leifchild
1814–89
Author and reviewer. Son of John Leifchild, a leading evangelical minister (ODNB), and Elizabeth Stormonth. Visiting government commissioner to coal mines in Newcastle and Durham. Author of works on mining and coal. Reviewed Origin in the Athenæum in 1859, Orchids in 1862, and Descent in 1871.
Sources
BLC
BMD (Death index)
NUC
Wellesley index.
Bibliography
BLC: The British Library general catalogue of printed books to 1975. 360 vols. and supplement (6 vols.). London: Clive Bingley; K. G. Saur. 1979–88.
BMD: General Register Office, England and Wales civil registration indexes. England & Wales birth index, 1837–1983. England and Wales marriage index, 1837–1983. England and Wales death index, 1837–1983. Online database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com.
NUC: The national union catalog. Pre-1956 imprints. 685 vols. and supplement (69 vols.). London and Chicago: Mansell. 1968–81.
Wellesley index: The Wellesley index to Victorian periodicals 1824–1900. Edited by Walter E. Houghton et al. 5 vols. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1966–89.
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