Henry Frederic Turle (1835–1883) was an English journalist, known as the editor of ''

Notes and Queries ''Notes and Queries'', also styled ''Notes & Queries'', is a long-running quarterly scholarly journal that publishes short articles related to " English language and literature, lexicography, history, and scholarly antiquarianism".From the inne ...

''.

Life

He was the fourth son of

James Turle James Turle (5 March 1802 – 28 June 1882) was an English organist and composer, best known today as the writer of several widely sung Anglican chants and the hymn tune "Westminster" sung to the words of Frederick William Faber "My God, how wond ...

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, and was born in York Road,

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, on 23 July 1835. The family moved in September 1841 to live in the cloisters of Westminster Abbey, and on 31 March 1845 he was admitted as a chorister at

Westminster School (God Gives the Increase) , established = Earliest records date from the 14th century, refounded in 1560 , type = Public school Independent day and boarding school , religion = Church of England , head_label = Hea ...

. For the sake of his health, he spent from Christmas 1848 to the autumn of 1850 at the school of George Roberts at

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; he was readmitted at Westminster on 3 October 1850. From 1856 to 1863 Turle was a temporary clerk in a branch of the

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in the

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. In 1870 he became assistant to

William John Thoms William John Thoms (16 November 1803 – 15 August 1885) was a British writer credited with coining the term "folklore" in 1846. Thoms's investigation of folklore and myth led to a later career of debunking longevity myths, and he was a pioneer ...

, the founder and editor of ''Notes and Queries''. In 1872, when John Doran succeeded Thoms, Turle retained the position of sub-editor; and on Doran's death in 1878 he became editor. He was busy at work until his sudden death, from heart disease, on 28 June 1883, in his rooms at Lancaster House, The Savoy, London. Turle was buried on 3 July in the family grave in

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. He was commemorated on the tablet which was placed to the memory of his parents, on the wall of the west cloister of Westminster Abbey.

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;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Turle, Henry Frederic 1835 births 1883 deaths English male journalists English magazine editors Writers from Lambeth Burials at West Norwood Cemetery 19th-century British journalists English male non-fiction writers 19th-century English male writers