Baynes was born in Wellington, Somerset to a Baptist minister.[1] He intended to study for Baptist ministry, and was at a theological seminary at Bath with that view but, being strongly attracted to philosophical studies, left it and went to Edinburgh, where he became the favourite pupil of Sir William Hamilton, of whose philosophical system he continued an adherent.[2]
After working as editor of a newspaper in Edinburgh, and after an interval of rest rendered necessary by a breakdown in health, Baynes resumed journalistic work in 1858 as assistant editor of the Daily News. In 1864 he was appointed Professor of Logic and English Literature at St Andrews University, in which capacity his mind was drawn to the study of Shakespeare, and he contributed to the Edinburgh Review and Fraser's Magazine valuable papers (chiefly relating to his vocabulary and the extent of his learning) afterwards collected as Shakespeare Studies.[2]
In 1873, he was appointed to superintend the ninth edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, a task with which, after 1880, he was assisted by William Robertson Smith.[2] Baynes was the first English-born editor of the Britannica; all earlier editors were Scottish.
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^"Thomas Spencer Baynes | British scholar and editor | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
Crawford, Robert. "Baynes, Thomas Spencer (1823–1887)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/1783. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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1902 Encyclopedia - Articles and illustrations from Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th Edition, of which Baynes was joint editor
January 01, 1970
thomas, spencer, baynes, march, 1823, 1887, english, philosopher, portrait, painted, 1888born, 1823, march, 1823wellington, somerset, englanddied31, 1887, 1887, aged, london, englandnationalityenglishoccupation, philosopher, literary, critic, contents, life, n. Thomas Spencer Baynes 24 March 1823 31 May 1887 was an English philosopher Thomas Spencer BaynesPortrait of Thomas Spencer Baynes painted in 1888Born 1823 03 24 24 March 1823Wellington Somerset EnglandDied31 May 1887 1887 05 31 aged 64 London EnglandNationalityEnglishOccupation s philosopher literary critic Contents 1 Life 2 Notes 3 References 4 External linksLife editBaynes was born in Wellington Somerset to a Baptist minister 1 He intended to study for Baptist ministry and was at a theological seminary at Bath with that view but being strongly attracted to philosophical studies left it and went to Edinburgh where he became the favourite pupil of Sir William Hamilton of whose philosophical system he continued an adherent 2 After working as editor of a newspaper in Edinburgh and after an interval of rest rendered necessary by a breakdown in health Baynes resumed journalistic work in 1858 as assistant editor of the Daily News In 1864 he was appointed Professor of Logic and English Literature at St Andrews University in which capacity his mind was drawn to the study of Shakespeare and he contributed to the Edinburgh Review and Fraser s Magazine valuable papers chiefly relating to his vocabulary and the extent of his learning afterwards collected as Shakespeare Studies 2 In 1873 he was appointed to superintend the ninth edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica a task with which after 1880 he was assisted by William Robertson Smith 2 Baynes was the first English born editor of the Britannica all earlier editors were Scottish Notes edit Thomas Spencer Baynes British scholar and editor Britannica www britannica com Retrieved 11 December 2021 a b c Cousin 1910 References edit nbsp Cousin John William 1910 Baynes Thomas Spencer A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature London J M Dent amp Sons via Wikisource Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Baynes Thomas Spencer Encyclopaedia Britannica 11th ed Cambridge University Press Garnett Richard 1901 Baynes Thomas Spencer In Lee Sidney ed Dictionary of National Biography 1st supplement London Smith Elder amp Co Crawford Robert Baynes Thomas Spencer 1823 1887 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 ref odnb 1783 Subscription or UK public library membership required External links edit nbsp Works by or about Thomas Spencer Baynes at Wikisource 1902 Encyclopedia Articles and illustrations from Encyclopaedia Britannica 9th Edition of which Baynes was joint editor Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Thomas Spencer Baynes amp oldid 1065003830, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
