Robert Adamson & David Octavius Hill

Joseph Haydn, d. 1856. Compiler of the Dictionary of Dates and Book of Dignitaries [a]

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Haydn first made his name as a political journalist in Ireland, earning a reputation for the production of well-written, pro-government newspapers. He moved to London in 1839, in the aftermath of a prosecution which saw him banned from writing for the Dublin press. Establishing a career as a compiler of reference works, his most successful was the Dictionary of Dates (1841). However, due to conflict and exploitation from publishers he ended up almost destitute at the time of his death.

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Robert Adamson

Robert Adamson