The Edinburgh Review was one of the most influential British magazines of the 19th century. It took for its motto "judex damnatur ubi nocens absolvitur" ("The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.") from Publilius Syrus. This article is about the magazine as a published medium. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Publilius (less correctly Publius) Syrus, a Latin writer of maxims, flourished in the 1st century BC. He was a native of Syria and was brought as a slave to Italy, but by his wit and talent he won the favour of his master, who freed and educated him. ...

Started on October 10, 1802 by Francis Jeffrey, Sydney Smith and Henry Brougham, it was published by Archibald Constable in quarterly issues until 1929. The magazine began as a literary and political review and under its first editor, Francis Jeffrey the magazine was a strong supporter of the Whig party and laissez-faire politics, and regularly called for political reform. Its main rival was the Quarterly Review which supported the Tories. The magazine was also noted for its attacks on the Lake Poets, particularly William Wordsworth. October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years). ... --69. ... Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey (October 23, 1773 - January 26, 1850) was a Scottish judge and literary critic. ... This article is about Sydney Smith, the English writer and wit. ... Lord Henry Peter Brougham Baron Brougham & Vaux sitting as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (September 19, 1778 - May 7, 1868) was Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. ... Archibald Constable (February 24, 1774 - July 21, 1827), was a Scottish publisher. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey (October 23, 1773 - January 26, 1850) was a Scottish judge and literary critic. ... The Whigs (with the Tories) are often described as one of two political parties in England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid 19th centuries. ... Laissez-faire is short for laissez faire, laissez passer, a French phrase meaning to let things alone, let them pass. First used by the eighteenth century Physiocrats as an injunction against government interference with trade, it is now used as a synonym for strict free market economics. ... Quarterly Review was a review journal started by John Murray, the celebrated London publisher, in March 1809 (though it bore a title page date of February), in rivalry with the Edinburgh Review, which had been seven years in possession of the field, and was exerting, as he judged, an evil... The term Tory derives from the Tory Party, the ancestor of the modern UK Conservative Party. ... The Lake Poets all lived in the Lake District of England at the turn of the nineteenth century. ... William Wordsworth (April 7, 1770 – April 23, 1850) was a major English romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their 1798 joint publication, Lyrical Ballads. ...

An earlier short-lived magazine with a similar title and purpose Edinburgh Magazine and Review (1773 - 1776) was published monthly but has no other connection to the later version. 1773 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1776 (MDCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...

The magazine ceased publication in 1929. The name was revived when a separate publication called The New Edinburgh Review was started in 1969 and published under that name until 1984. At issue number 67/8 it took on the Edinburgh Review name, with the motto To gather all the rays of culture into one and is still published. It is sometimes assumed that the present publication is a continuation of its namesake, a misconception which is not altogether discouraged by its publisher. For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ...

Notable contributors

• Thomas Arnold
• Richard Harris Barham
• Thomas Brown
• Ugo Foscolo
• Henry Hallam
• William Hamilton
• Abraham Hayward
• William Hazlitt
• Felicia Hemans
• James Henry Leigh Hunt
• George Cornewall Lewis
• Thomas Macaulay
• Sir James Mackintosh
• Robert Montgomery
• John Playfair
• Henry Reeve
• Henry Enfield Roscoe
• Charles William Russell
• Sir Walter Scott
• Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
• Bertrand Russell

Thomas Arnold, 1840 Thomas Arnold (June 13, 1795 – June 12, 1842) was a famous schoolmaster and historian, head of Rugby School from 1828 to 1841. ... Richard Harris Barham (December 6, 1788 - June 17, 1845), English humourist, better known by his nom de plume of Thomas Ingolosby, was born at Canterbury. ... Thomas Brown (January 9, 1778 - April 2, 1820) was a Scottish metaphysician. ... Ugo Foscolo (1778-1827), Italian writer, was born at Zakynthos in the Ionian Isles on 6 Febraury 1778. ... Henry Hallam (July 9, 1777 - January 21, 1859) was an English historian. ... Sir William Hamilton, Bart (March 8, 1788 - May 6, 1856) was a Scottish metaphysician. ... Abraham Hayward (November 22, 1801 - February 2, 1884), English man of letters, son of Joseph Hayward, of an old Wiltshire family, was born at Wilton, near Salisbury. ... William Hazlitt (10 April 1778 – 18 September 1830) was an English writer remembered for his humanistic essays and literary criticism, often esteemed the greatest English literary critic after Samuel Johnson. ... Felicia Hemans Felicia Hemans (September 25, 1793 - 1835), was a British poet. ... An artists rendering of James Henry Leigh Hunt James Henry Leigh Hunt (October 19, 1784 - August 28, 1859) was an English essayist and writer. ... Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Baronet (1806-1863), British statesman and man of letters, was born in London on 21 April 1806. ... Quotes His imagination resembled the wings of an ostrich. ... Sir James Mackintosh (October 24, 1765 - May 30, 1832), Scottish publicist, was undoubtedly one of the most cultured and catholic-minded men of his time. ... Robert Montgomery (1807-1855) was an English poet, the son of Robert Gomery. ... Professor John Playfair FRSE (March 10, 1748 – July 20, 1819) was a Scottish scientist. ... Henry Reeve (September 9, 1813 - October 21, 1895) was an English journalist. ... Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe (January 7, 1833 - 1915) English chemist, was born in London. ... Charles William Russell (May 14, 1812 - February 26, 1880) was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman and scholar. ... For the first Premier of Saskatchewan see Thomas Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott (August 14, 1771 - September 21, 1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe. ... Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (December 13, 1815 _ July 18, 1881), was an English churchman, dean of Westminster. ... Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS, (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970), was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, advocate for social reform, and pacifist. ...

See also

• Edinburgh

Edinburgh (() pronounced ; Scottish Gaelic: ) is the capital of Scotland and its second largest city. ...

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