Alexander Gilchrist

Alexander Gilchrist (1828-1861) was an English author and biographer of William Blake (1757 – 1827), born at Newington Green, son of a Unitarian minister. Although called to the bar, literary and art criticism became his main pursuit. He settled at Guildford in 1853, where he wrote his Life of the artist Etty. He became in 1856 a next-door neighbour of Carlyle at Chelsea, and had all but finished his Life of Blake when he died (1828-1861).

His wife, Anne Gilchrist (1828 – 1885), née Burrows, was during her life an active contributor to magazines. She completed her husband's Life of Blake, and in 1883 published a Life of Mary Lamb.

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