William Beloe (1756 – April 11, 1817) was an English divine and miscellaneous writer.
Beloe was born at Norwich the son of a tradesman, and received a liberal education. After a day school in Norwich he was schooled under the Rev. Matthew Raine, who taught at Hartforth; and subsequently under Samuel Parr, whom he describes as “severe, wayward, and irregular”. His departure from Parr’s school at Stanmore was hastened by quarrels with his schoolfellows, and at Benet College, Cambridge he got into trouble by writing epigrams. Parr, on becoming headmaster of Norwich grammar school, offered him the assistant mastership. Beloe held this post for three years, but seemingly unhappily.
The Sexagenarian: or, The Recollections of a Literary Life. 1818.
£67.50[BELOE, William. (1756-1817)]. The Sexagenarian: or, The Recollections of a Literary Life. 2 volumes. (Occasional light spotting, occasional light soiling, occasional browning, one old paper repair at blank margin of a page, some tearing with minor loss to blank margins in places-without loss to text, otherwise a good copy). Contemporary half calf with marbled boards, red morocco title labels to spine, some wear to calf). 8vo. London: F.C and J. Rivington, 1818.
£75.00
