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See also:OXENFORD, See also:JOHN (1812—1877) , See also:English dramatist, was See also:born at See also:Camberwell on the 12th of See also:August 1812. He began his See also:literary career by See also:writing on See also:finance. He was an excellent linguist, and the author of many See also:translations from the See also:German, notably of See also:Goethe's Dichtung and Wahrheit (1846) and See also:Eckermann's Conversations of Goalie (1850). He did much by his writing to spread the fame of See also:Schopenhauer in See also:England. His first See also:play was My See also:Fellow Clerk, produced at the See also:Lyceum in 1835. This was followed by a See also:long See also:series of pieces, the most famous of which was perhaps the See also:Porter's See also:Knot (1858) and Twice Killed (1835). About 185o he became dramatic critic of The Times. He died in See also:Southwark on the 21st of See also:February 1877.
Many references to his pieces will be found in The See also:Life and Reminiscences of E. L. See also:Blanchard (ed. C. See also:Scott and C. See also:Howard, 1891).
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