Bible Encyclopedias
Saintsbury, George

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Search for…

Enter query below:

or

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Prev Entry
Saintes

Next Entry
Saïs

Resource Toolbox

Print Article

Additional Links

Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• George Edward Bateman Saintsbury
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Saintsbury, George

Literary critic, born at Southampton; graduated at Merton College, Oxford; was engaged in scholastic work for a number of years at Manchester, Guernsey, and Elgin; in 1876 settled in London, and made a reputation for vigorous and scholarly criticism, devoting much of his time to French literature; elected to the Chair of English Literature in Edinburgh University, 1895; is the author of a "Short His tory of French Literature," a "Short History of English Literature," besides several volumes of essays, &c.; b . 1845.