Thomas Forbes Kelsall

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Thomas Forbes Kelsall, an English lawyer and literary figure, was born in 1799 and died in Sep 1872 aged 73. For some time he lived at 3 Houndwell Lane, Southampton. He married Frances Anne Harrison on th 21st April 1829.

T. F. Kelsall was the literary executer and friend of Thomas Lovell Beddoes, and edited some of his published work, including the notable Death's Jest Book: or, The Fool's Tragedy, in 1850. He wrote the obituary of Beddoes that appeared in the Fortnightly Review, vol. 18, p. 75. He was a correspondent of Robert Browning

[edit] Books Published

  • Beddoes, T. L. Death's Jest Book: or, The Fool's Tragedy, 1850.
  • Beddoes, T. L. Poems of the late Thomas Lovell Beddoes, 1851
  • Beddoes, T. L. Poems, Posthumous and Collected, 1851

[edit] See also

Thomas Lovell Beddoes Society website

[edit] References

    • "The Anatomy of Revolution: Beddoes and Buchner" by Frederick Burwick Pacific Coast Philology, Vol. 6, Apr., 1971 (Apr., 1971), pp. 5-12
  • Lytton Strachey, Books and Characters art. on Beddoes.
  • Dictionary of National Biography, (article on Beddoes) 1911. v. 4, p. 91
  • birth and death dates of T F Kelsall