John Henry Ingram Explained

John Henry Ingram (November 16, 1842 – February 12, 1916) was an English biographer and editor^[1] with a special interest in Edgar Allan Poe.

Ingram was born at 29 City Road, Finsbury Square, Middlesex, and died at Brighton, England.^[2] His family lived at Stoke Newington, recollections of which appear in Poe's works.

J. H. Ingram dedicated himself to the resurrection of Poe's reputation, maligned by the dubious memoirs of Rufus Wilmot Griswold; he published the first reliable biography of the author and a four volume collection of his works.^[3] Sarah Helen Whitman correspondence with Ingram, with her letters from Poe and a daguerrotype portrait, was added to the library of material he was assembling; Ingram's Poe collection is now held at the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia.^[2]

Works

• Flora Symbolica; or, the Language and Sentiment of Flowers
• Christopher Marlowe and his associates^[4]
• The haunted homes and family traditions of Great Britain
• Jane Austen

External links

• • • • Web site: John Henry Ingram: Editor, Biographer, and Collector of Poe Materials. Miller. John Carl . University of Virginia Library. 20 February 2011.

Notes and References

1. Ingram, John H.. Who's Who. 1907. 59. 912.
2. Web site: John Henry Ingram: Editor, Biographer, and Collector of Poe Materials. Miller. John Carl . University of Virginia Library. 20 February 2011.
3. http://www.eapoe.org/works/editions/ingram.htm The Works of the Edgar Allan Poe (Ingram Edition)
4. Review of Christopher Marlowe and his Associates by John H. Ingram. 239. 23. The Oxford Magazine. March 1, 1905. The Proprietors.