Derwent Coleridge

Derwent Coleridge

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Derwent Coleridge (1800–1883), third child of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, was a distinguished scholar and author.

He was master of Helston school, Cornwall (1825-1841), first principal of St. Mark's College, Chelsea (1841-1864), and rector of Hanwell (1864-1880).

His daughter Christabel Coleridge (b. 1843) and son Ernest Hartley Coleridge(1846 - 1920) both became well known in the world of letters, the former as a novelist, the latter as a biographer and critic.

[edit] References

   * Raymonde Hainton and Godfrey Hainton (1996) The Unknown Coleridge: The Life and Times of Derwent Coleridge, 1800-1883

   * This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.