| LC control no. | n 90633031 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Dalton, James Forbes, 1785-1862 |
| Variant(s) | Dalton, James, active 1831-1836 Author of Chartley, the fatalist, 1785-1862 Chartley, the fatalist, Author of, 1785-1862 Dalton, J. Forbes (James Forbes), 1785-1862 Dalton, 1785-1862 Septuagenarian, 1785-1862 Le Cheminant, Louis, 1785-1862 W. P., 1785-1862 P., W., 1785-1862 P. W., 1785-1862 W., P., 1785-1862 Dalton, James, fl. 1831-1836 Dalton, James, active 1830-1845 |
| Birth date | 1785-04-25 |
| Death date | 1862-10-26 |
| Place of birth | England |
| Place of death | Tottenham (London, England) |
| Profession or occupation | Novelists Poets |
| Found in | His The robber, 1832: v. 1-3, t.p. (Author of Chartley, the fatalist) His The invisible gentleman, 1833: t.p. (Author of Chartley, the fatalist, The robber, &c) Forget me not, 1836: p. 353 (Author of Chartley; note: attribution accompanies the poem The bridal toilet) Forget me not, 1841: p. 117 (J. Forbes Dalton; author of the poem The first-born) His Some of my contributions in rhyme to periodicals in bye-gone days, 1860: t.p. (a septugenarian) NUC pre-56 (hdg.: Dalton; usage: Author of "Chartley, the fatalist"; [bks. publ. between 1831 and 1836]) BLC (Dalton, James) NUC pre-1956, accessed via HathiTrust, September 24, 2020 vol. 131, p. 651 (x-ref: Dalton, James, fl.1830-1845, see Dalton) Cushing, W. Initials and pseudonyms, 1963 (James Forbes Dalton, Esq.; author of Some of my contributions in rhyme to periodicals in bye-gone days, 1860, under pseudonym a Septuagenarian) University of Victoria, via WWW, Oct. 13, 2022: Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry (Dalton, James Forbes; James Forbes Dalton; J. Forbes Dalton; British poet and prose writer; used pseudonyms Louis le Cheminant and W.P.; b. 25 Apr. 1785; d. 26 Oct. 1862) Google Books, via WWW, Oct 13, 2022; Carty, T.J. A dictionary of literary pseudonyms, 2015, p. 387 (James Forbes Dalton, 1785-1862; used pseudonyms Louis Le Cheminant, and P.W., in Blackwood's magazine) Gentlemen's magazine, Dec. 1862, p. 784 (James Forbes Dalton, Esq.; educated for the church; before entering Oxford passed several years on the continent; upon his return settled in London, where he was well known in several literary circles of the time; published pamphlets on politics of the day and several works of light reading; frequent contributor to the annuals, Blackwood, Fraser and other leading periodicals, but as he never affixed his name to these compositions they cannot now be enumerated correctly; author of "Some of my contributions in rhyme to periodicals in bye-gone days, by a Septuagenarian"; b. Apr. 25, 1785; d. Oct. 26 at High Cross, Tottenham, near London, aged 77) VIAF, Oct. 13, 2022 (access point: Dalton, James, 1785-1862; author of Chartley, the fatalist, 1831) MWA/NAIP files, Oct. 13, 2022 (access point: Dalton, James Forbes, 1785-1862; usages: James Forbes Dalton; J. Forbes Dalton; James Dalton; W. P.; P. W.; Louis Le Cheminant; a septuagenarian; author of Chartley, the fatalist; note: novelist; poet; contributor to periodicals) |
| Associated language | eng |
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