Samuel Phillips (28 December 1814 – 14 October 1854) was an English journalist.

Life

Phillips was born in London, the son of a

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ish tradesman. He was educated at

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, and then at

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. Having renounced the Jewish faith, he returned to England and entered

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, with the design of taking orders. His father's death, however, meant that he could not afford to stay at Cambridge longer than a term, and in 1841 he took to literary work. He wrote a novel, ''Caleb Stukely'' (1854), and other tales, and about 1845 began a connection with ''

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'' as literary critic. In the following year he purchased the ''

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'' newspaper, and edited it for a year. Two volumes of his essays from ''The Times'' appeared in 1852 and 1854. Phillips took an active part in the formation of the

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, and wrote their descriptive guides. In 1852 the

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conferred upon him the honorary degree of LL.D. He died in Brighton.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Phillips, Samuel English male journalists 1814 births 1854 deaths Alumni of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge 19th-century British journalists 19th-century English male writers