Herbert "Herbie" Coleridge (1830 – 1861) was an English philologist, technically the first editor of what ultimately became the Oxford English Dictionary. He was a grandson of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Burial date 29 Apr 1861 Highgate, died of tuberculosis aged 30
Residence Regents Park
Herbert "Herbie" Coleridge (1830 – 1861) was an English philologist, technically the first editor of what ultimately became the Oxford English Dictionary. He was a grandson of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Burial date 29 Apr 1861 Highgate, died of tuberculosis aged 30
Residence Regents Park
Inscription
Also HERBERT their only son, born at Hampstead
Octr VII. MDCCCXXX ; died at Chester Place,
April XXIII MDCCCLXI.
Gravesite Details
The Monumental Inscriptions of Middlesex Vol III - Cansick 1875.
Inscription from Highgate Burial Ground.
Originally buried at Old Highgate School Chapel, re-interred to St. Michael's Highgate, in 1961.
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