Derwent Coleridge
(1800-1883), Writer, linguist and educationalistSitter in 3 portraits
Derwent Coleridge, third child of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, was a distinguished scholar and author. He was master of Helston School, Cornwall (1825-41), first principal of St. Mark's College, Chelsea (1841-64) and rector of Hanwell (1864-80). His daughter Christabel Coleridge and son Ernest Hartley Coleridge both became well known as writers, the former as a novelist, the latter as a biographer and critic.
Derwent Coleridge; Mary Coleridge (née Pridham)
by Unknown photographer
collodion positive on glass, 1856
NPG P322
by Unknown photographer
collodion positive on glass, 1856
NPG P321
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 15 May 1862
NPG Ax57936
Related People
- Ernest Hartley Coleridge (son)
- (David) Hartley Coleridge (brother)
- Mary Coleridge (née Pridham) (wife)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (father)
- Sara Coleridge (sister)
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