George croly biography

​CROLY, GEORGE (1780–1860), author and divine, born at Dublin 17 Aug. 1780, received the greater part of his education at Trinity College, which he entered at the age of fifteen.

He distinguished himself as a classical scholar and an extempore speaker, and after taking the usual degrees was ordained in 1804, and licensed to a curacy in the north of Ireland. The obscurity of his situation was distasteful to him, and about 1810, accompanied by his widowed mother and his sisters, he settled in London, and devoted himself chiefly to literary pursuits.

He became dramatic critic to the ‘New Times,’ and was a leading contributor to the ‘Literary Gazette’ and ‘Blackwood's Magazine’ from their commencement. Among his numerous contributions to the latter periodical was ‘The Traditions of the Rabbins,’ a portion of which has been erroneously attributed to De Quincey, and still appears among his collected works.

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