George Croly

CROLY, George. b. Dublin, 17 August 1780; d. London, 24 November 1860. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin (MA 1804). He took Holy Orders, working at first in Ireland, but moved to London, ca. 1810, where he became known as a man of letters and a contributor to Blackwood’s Magazine, also editing a periodical entitled The Universal Review. He was awarded an Honorary Degree (LL.D) by TCD in 1831. In 1835 he became rector of St Benet Sherehog with St Stephen, Walbrook, in the City of London. He died suddenly ‘in the public street, Holborn’ (JJ, p. 269). Croly published a number of books, some with titles suggesting that he was more than a little eccentric, such as Divine Providence, or...