Richard Price (1790–1833) was a British barrister, known as philologist, antiquarian, and literary editor.

Life

He was the eldest son of Richard Price, a merchant. Entering the

Middle Temple The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known simply as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn ...

on 29 May 1823, was called to the bar in 1830, and practised on the western circuit. Price was a sub-commissioner of the Public Record Commission, and helped

Benjamin Thorpe Benjamin Thorpe (1782 – 19 July 1870) was an English scholar of Anglo-Saxon literature. Biography In the early 1820s he worked as a banker in the House of Rothschild, in Paris. There he met Thomas Hodgkin, who treated him for tuberculosis. ...

with his ''Ancient Laws and Institutes of England'' (1840). As a scholar of northern European literature, he had a reputation with Jacob Grimm,

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and Edgar Taylor. He died of

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on 23 May 1833, at Branch Hill, Hampstead.

Works

In 1824 Price published an edition of

Thomas Warton Thomas Warton (9 January 172821 May 1790) was an English literary historian, critic, and poet. He was appointed Poet Laureate in 1785, following the death of William Whitehead. He is sometimes called ''Thomas Warton the younger'' to dis ...

's ''The History of English Poetry''. The long preface was reprinted in the editions of Richard Taylor (1840) and

William Carew Hazlitt William Carew Hazlitt (22 August 18348 September 1913), known professionally as W. Carew Hazlitt, was an English lawyer, bibliographer, editor and writer. He was the son of the barrister and registrar William Hazlitt, a grandson of the essayist ...

(1871). Price incorporated notes of George Ashby,

Francis Douce Francis Douce ( ; 175730 March 1834) was a British antiquary and museum curator. Biography Douce was born in London. His father was a clerk in Chancery. After completing his education he entered his father's office, but soon quit it to devote ...

Thomas Park Thomas Park (1759–1834) was an English antiquary and bibliographer, also known as a literary editor. Life He was the son of parents who lived at East Acton, Middlesex. When ten years old he was sent to a grammar school at Heighington, County ...

and

Joseph Ritson Joseph Ritson (2 October 1752 – 23 September 1803) was an English antiquary who was well known for his 1795 compilation of the Robin Hood legend. After a visit to France in 1791, he became a staunch supporter of the ideals of the French Rev ...

, also adding some of his own. The edition was flawed with mistakes, as Warton's had been. In 1830 Price revised and brought up to date, in four volumes,

Edward Christian Edward Christian (3 March 1758 – 29 March 1823) was an English judge and law professor. He was the older brother of Fletcher Christian, leader of the mutiny on the ''Bounty''. Life Edward Christian was one of the three sons of Charles Ch ...

's edition of ''

Blackstone's Commentaries The ''Commentaries on the Laws of England'' are an influential 18th-century treatise on the common law of England by Sir William Blackstone, originally published by the Clarendon Press at Oxford, 1765–1770. The work is divided into four volume ...

'' of 1809. He also assisted Henry Petrie in his edition of the ''Saxon Chronicle to 1066'', in vol. i. of ''

Monumenta Historica Britannica ''Monumenta Historica Britannica'' (''MHB''); or, ''Materials for the History of Britain, From the Earliest Period'', is an incomplete work by Henry Petrie, the Keeper of the Records of the Tower of London, assisted by John Sharpe. Only the fir ...

''.

Notes

Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Price, Richard 1790 births 1833 deaths British barristers British book editors British antiquarians