CLEMENT MANSFIELD INGLEBY
\klˈɛmənt mˈansfiːld ɪnɡlˈɛbi], \klˈɛmənt mˈansfiːld ɪnɡlˈɛbi], \k_l_ˈɛ_m_ə_n_t m_ˈa_n_s_f_iː_l_d ɪ_n_ɡ_l_ˈɛ_b_i]\
Sort: Oldest first
-
An English Shakespearean critic and miscellaneous writer; born at Edgbaston, near Birmingham, Oct. 29, 1823; died at Ilford, Essex, 1886. He was educated at Cambridge for the law, which he abandoned for a literary career, and became famous as a Shakespearean scholar and critic, aiding in the Stanton edition. He wrote: "The Principles of Acoustics and the Theory of Sound"; "The Stereoscope"; "The Ideality of the Rainbow"; "The Mutual Relation of Theory and Practice"; "Law and Religion"; "A Voice for the Mute Creation"; "Miracles Versus Nature".
By Charles Dudley Warner
Word of the day
Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.