Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey
Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey (23 October 1773 – 26 January 1850) was a Scottish judge and literary critic.
Memorials[edit]
Jeffrey Street (a planned street of 1868) in Edinburgh is named in his memory.
A bust by Sir John Steell stands on the east wall of Parliament Hall, behind St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh.[4]
In Fiction[edit]
The character Beau Nardi in John Paterson's Mare, James Hogg's allegorical satire on the Edinburgh publishing scene first published in the Newcastle Magazine in 1825, was based on Francis Jeffrey.[5]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Jeffrey, Francis Jeffrey, Lord". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 307–308.