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CROLY, GEORGE (1780-1860) , British divine and author, son of a Dublin physician, was born on the 17th of August 1780. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and after ordination was appointed to a small curacy in the north of Ireland. About 18ro he came to London, and occupied himself with literary work. A man of restless energy, he claims attention by his extraordinary versatility. He wrote dramatic criticisms for a short-lived periodical called the New Times ; he was one of the earliest contributors to Blackwood's Magazine; and to the Literary Gazette
Gentleman
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Catiline (1822), a tragedy lacking in dramatic force; Salathiel: A Story of the Past, the Present and the Future (1829), a successful romance of the " Wandering Jew " type; The Life and Times of his late
Croly was an effective preacher, and continued to hope for preferment from the Tory leaders, to whom he had rendered considerable services by his pen; but he eventually received, in 1835, the living of St Stephen's, Walbrook, London, from a Whig patron, Lord Brougham, with whose family he was connected. In 1847 he was made afternoon lecturer at the Foundling hospital
His Poetical Works (2 vols.) were collected in 183o. For a list
Critical Dictionary of English Literature (1859).End of Article: CROLY, GEORGE (1780-1860) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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