Francis Turner Palgrave
1824–97
Poet, critic, and educationalist. Assistant private secretary to William Ewart Gladstone, 1846. Joined the department of education in 1848; vice-principal, Kneller Hall, 1850–5; examiner and assistant secretary, 1855–84. Art critic for the Saturday Review. Professor of poetry, Oxford University, 1885–95.
Source
DNB
Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
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