Francis Turner Palgrave

1824–97

  Poet , critic and educationalist . Eldest son of Francis and Elizabeth Palgrave. Assistant private secretary to William Ewart Gladstone (DNB), 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.

Sources: DNB

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See also Correspondence, volume(s): 7,10,12