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The Edinburgh Review was one of the most influential magazines of the 19th century. It took for its motto "judex damnatur ubi nocens absolvitur" ("The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.") from Publilius Syrus. Started in 1802 by Francis Jeffrey, Sydney Smith and Henry Brougham it was published by Archibald Constable in quarterly issues until 1929. The magazine began as a literary and political review and under its first editor, Francis Jeffrey the magazine was a strong supporter of the Whig party, Laissez-faire politics and regularly called for political reform. Its main rival was The Quarterly Review which supported the Torys. The magazine was also noted for its attacks on the "Lake Poets" particularly William Wordsworth.The Edinburgh Review was restarted in the 1960s and is still issued.
An earlier short-lived magazine with a similar title and purpose Edinburgh Magazine and Review ( 1773 - 1776This article is about the year 1776. For the musical, see 1776 (musical Events January 10 Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense March 17 American Revolutionary War: British forces evacuate Boston, Massachusetts after George Washington places artillery overl) was published monthly but has no other connection to the later version.
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- Thomas ArnoldThomas Arnold ( June 13, 1795 June 12, 1842) was a famous schoolmaster, head of Rugby School from 1828 to 1841. He was born on the Isle of Wight, and was educated at Winchester and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. There he excelled at Classics and was made
- Richard Harris BarhamRichard Harris Barham ( December 6, 1788 June 17, 1845), English humourist, better known by his nom de plume of Thomas Ingolosby was born at Canterbury. At seven years of age he lost his father, who left him a small estate, part of which was the manor of
- Thomas BrownThomas Brown ( January 9, 1778 April 2, 1820) was a Scottish philosopher. He was born at Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbright, where his father was parish clergyman. He was a wide reader and an eager student. Educated at several schools in London, he went to the Un
- Henry HallamHenry Hallam ( July 9, 1777 January 21, 1859) was an English historian. The only son of John Hallam, canon of Windsor and dean of Bristol, he was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, graduating in 1799. Called to the bar, he practised for some year
- William Hamilton
- Abraham HaywardAbraham Hayward ( November 22, 1801 February 2, 1884), English man of letters, son of Joseph Hayward, of an old Wiltshire family, was born at Wilton, near Salisbury. After education at Blundell's school, Tiverton, he entered the Inner Temple in 1824, and
- William HazlittWilliam Hazlitt ( 10 April 1778 18 September 1830) was an English writer remembered for his humanitarian essays. Hazlitt came of Irish Protestant stock, and of a branch of it which moved in the reign of George I from the county of Antrim to Tipperary.
- Felicia Hemans
- James Henry Leigh Hunt
- George Cornewall Lewis
- Thomas Macaulay
- Sir James Mackintosh
- Robert Montgomery
- John Playfair
- Henry Reeve
- Charles William Russell
- Sir Walter Scott
- Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
