James Orchard Halliwell–Phillipps
1820–89
Literary scholar and antiquarian. Educated at Jesus College, Cambridge. Best known for his editions of nursery rhymes and Elizabethan works. Assumed the name Phillipps in 1872, in accordance with the will of the grandfather of his first wife, Henrietta Phillipps. FRS 1839.
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ODNB
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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