John Addington Symonds
English poet and literary critic
John Addington Symonds Jr. was an English poet and literary critic. A cultural historian, he was known for his work on the Renaissance, as well as numerous biographies of writers and artists. Wikipedia
Born: October 5, 1840, Bristol, United Kingdom
Died: April 19, 1893 (age 52 years), Rome, Italy
Place of burial: Non-Catholic Cemetery, Rome, Italy
Grandchildren: Janet Vaughan, John Paul Wellington Furse, and Peter Reynolds Furse
Children: Margaret Symonds and Katharine Furse
Partner: Janet Catherine North Symonds (1864–)
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