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Edmund Ollier (1827–1886) was an English journalist and author.
In 1867 Ollier republished verses which had originally appeared in periodicals as ''Poems from the Greek Mythology, and Miscellaneous Poems''. In the same year he contributed an edition of the first series of the ''
Partial list of works by Edmund Ollier held at the Internet Archive
Life
The son ofCharles Ollier
Charles Ollier (1788–1859) was an English publisher and author, associated with the works of Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Keats.
Early life
From a Huguenot background, Ollier began life in the banking-house of Messrs. Coutts. About 1816 he was ...
, he knew Charles Lamb
Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 – 27 December 1834) was an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his '' Essays of Elia'' and for the children's book '' Tales from Shakespeare'', co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764†...
, Mary Lamb
Mary Anne Lamb (3 December 1764 – 20 May 1847) was an English writer. She is best known for the collaboration with her brother Charles on the collection '' Tales from Shakespeare'' (1807). Mary suffered from mental illness, and in 1796, aged ...
, Leigh Hunt
James Henry Leigh Hunt (19 October 178428 August 1859), best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist and poet.
Hunt co-founded '' The Examiner'', a leading intellectual journal expounding radical principles. He was the centre ...
and Benjamin Haydon
Benjamin Robert Haydon (; 26 January 178622 June 1846) was a British painter who specialised in grand historical pictures, although he also painted a few contemporary subjects and portraits. His commercial success was damaged by his often tactle ...
as a child. He was privately educated and began to write. After some years he was a journalist working for '' The Athenæum'', '' The Daily News'', '' Household Words'', and '' All the Year Round''.
Ollier died at his house in Oakley Street, Chelsea, London
Chelsea is an affluent area in west London, England, due south-west of Charing Cross by approximately 2.5 miles. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames and for postal purposes is part of the south-western postal area.
Chelsea histori ...
on 19 April 1886.
Works
In 1867 Ollier republished verses which had originally appeared in periodicals as ''Poems from the Greek Mythology, and Miscellaneous Poems''. In the same year he contributed an edition of the first series of the ''Essays of Elia
''Essays of Elia'' is a collection of essays written by Charles Lamb; it was first published in book form in 1823, with a second volume, ''Last Essays of Elia'', issued in 1833 by the publisher Edward Moxon.
The essays in the collection first be ...
'', with a memoir of the author Charles Lamb, to ''Hotten's Worldwide Library''; and in 1869 published an edition of Leigh Hunt's ''Tale for the Chimney Corner''.
For the publishing firm of Cassell, Petter, & Galpin, Ollier wrote:
* a memoir of Gustave Doré
Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré ( , , ; 6 January 1832 – 23 January 1883) was a French artist, as a printmaker, illustrator, painter, comics artist, caricaturist, and sculptor. He is best known for his prolific output of wood-engravin ...
for the ''Doré Gallery'', 2 vols. 1870;
* ''Cassell's Illustrated History of the War between France and Germany'', 2 vols. 1871–2;
* ''Our British Portrait-Painters from Sir Peter Lely to J. Sant'', 1874;
* ''Cassell's Illustrated History of the United States'', 3 vols. 1874–7;
* ''Cassell's Illustrated History of the Russo-Turkish War'', 2 vols. 1877–1879;
* ''A Popular History of Sacred Art'', 1882;
* ''Cassell's Illustrated Universal History'', 4 vols. 1882–5.
At the time of his death he was working on the ''Life and Times of Queen Victoria''. The first eleven chapters were by Ollier, and the remainder of the work by Robert Wilson.
Family
Ollier married a Miss Gattie, who survived him, but left no issue.External links
Partial list of works by Edmund Ollier held at the Internet Archive
Notes
Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Ollier, Edmund 1827 births 1889 deaths 19th-century English non-fiction writers 19th-century English poets English male journalists 19th-century British journalists English male poets 19th-century English male writers