William Samuel Lilly

William Samuel Lilly (10 July 1840 – 29 August 1919)[1] was an English barrister and man of letters.

W. S. Lilly
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BornWilliam Samuel Lilly
(1840-07-10)10 July 1840
Dorset, England
Died29 August 1919(1919-08-29) (aged 79)
West Kensington, London
OccupationHistorian, jurist
NationalityEnglish
SpouseAnna Marie Lilly

Biography

Lilly was born at Fifehead, Dorset, in 1840. He was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge, taking his degree of LL.B. in 1862, and his LL.M. in 1870. After some private tuition from Sir Adolphus William Ward, he entered the Indian civil service, becoming in 1869 secretary to the government of Madras. Owing to a breakdown in health, however, he had to return to England, where he devoted himself to a career in literature. With his wide-ranging intellectual interests, Lilly occasionally wrote for some of the major publications of his time, such as The Nineteenth Century, The Contemporary Review, The Fortnightly Review, Popular Science Monthly, and The Dublin Review.

Lilly was a convert to Roman Catholicism, and from 1874 was secretary to the Catholic Union of Great Britain. He was also a Justice of the Peace for Middlesex and London.

Works

Selected articles

Miscellany

  • Characteristics from the Writings of John Henry Newman (1874).

Notes

  1. "Death of Mr. W.S. Lilly," The Times, 1 September 1919, p. 13.
  2. "Review of Chapters in European History, with an Introductory Dialogue on the Philosophy of History by William Samuel Lilly". The Quarterly Review. 165: 127–158. July 1887.
  3. Pater, Walter (1903). "A Century of Revolution." In: Uncollected Essays. Portland, Me.: Thomas B. Mosher, pp. 115–122.
  4. "Review of On Shibboleths by W. S. Lilly". The Quarterly Review. 175: 235–257. July 1892.
  5. Rpt. in Eclectic Magazine, Vol. CI, 1883; Choice Literature, Vol. III, 1884.
  6. Rpt. in Eclectic Magazine, Vol. Vol. CI, 1883.
  7. Rpt. in Eclectic Magazine, Vol. CIII, 1884.
  8. Rpt. in Eclectic Magazine, Vol. CVI, 1886; The Living Age, Vol. CLXVIII, 1886.
  9. Rpt. in Popular Science Monthly, Vol. XXX, 1887.
  10. Rpt. in The Living Age, Vol. CLXXVI, 1888.
  11. Rpt. in The Living Age, Vol. CLXXXII, 1889.
  12. Rpt. in Eclectic Magazine, Vol. CXIII, 1889.
  13. Rpt. in The Living Age, Vol. CLXXXVII, 1890.
  14. Rpt. in Eclectic Magazine, Vol. CXXII, 1894.
  15. Rpt. in Eclectic Magazine, Vol. CXXII, 1894.
  16. Rpt. in Eclectic Magazine, Vol. CXXV, 1895.
  17. Rpt. in The Living Age, Vol. CCXIII, 1897.
  18. Rpt. in The Living Age, Vol. CCLXI, 1909.
  19. Rpt. in The Living Age, Vol. CCLXVII, 1910.
  20. Rpt. in The Living Age, Vol. CCLXXI, 1911.
  21. Rpt. in The Living Age, Vol. CCLXXIII, 1912.
  22. Rpt. in The Living Age, Vol. CCLXXIII, 1912.
  23. Rpt. in The Living Age, Vol. CCLXXV, 1912.
  24. Rpt. in The Living Age, Vol. CCLXXXII, 1914.
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