OXENFORD, JOHN

OXENFORD, JOHN
   English man of letters and critic; translated Goethe's "Dichtung und Wahrheit," and "Echermann's Conversations with Goethe"; was dramatic critic for the Times, and wrote plays, as well as an "Illustrated Book of French Songs" (1812-1877).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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