Jeffrey
FRANCIS, a British critic and essayist; born in Edinburgh in 1773. After graduating at the universities of Glasgow, and Oxford, Jeffrey, in 1794, was admitted to the Scottish bar.
In 1802 he became editor of the Edinburgh "Review." In 1813 he married a grand-niece of John Wilkes, crossing to the United States to bring her home. her home .
From 1816 till he ceased to practice Jeffrey was the acknowledged leader of the Scottish bar. He died in 1850.
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