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Black (JOHN a Scotch editor born near)

JOHN, a Scotch editor, born near Duns, Berwickshire, in 1783. He was left an orphan when 12 years_old, and educated himself. He went to London in 1810.

There he became a Parliamentary reporter for the "Morning Chronicle ," of which he was made editor in 1817. Among the contributors to his paper were Charles Dickens and James Mill. In 1843 he retired from the editorship. He was author of a "Life of Tasso, with an Historical and Critical Account of His Writings," and also translated works from the German, French, and Italian.

He died in Snodland, June 15, 1855.