Note 40 — Chapter IV
Reading edition
William Gifford, b. 1757; d. 1826. I give the birth-date named by himself in his autobiography, though the new National Dictionary of Biography gives date of 1756. Gifford—though not always the best authority—ought to have known the year when he was born.
Ed. Quarterly Review, 1809-1824; Juvenal, 1802; Ben Jonson, 1816.
Some interesting matter concerning the early life of Gifford may be found in Memoirs of John Murray, vol. 1, pp. 127 et seq.