James Norris Brewer
| Born | 1777 |
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| Died | 1839 |
| Place of Birth | London |
| Place of Death | Jersey |
| Gender | Male |
| Activity Zone(s) | England, Ireland, Wales |
| Biographical Notes | English novelist and topographer, author of many romances and an essay on the English peasantry (1807). Contributed to several London magazines. His best known writings were of topographic nature, such as his contributions to the The Beauties of England and Wales (1801-1815) and The Beauties of Ireland (1825-1826). Source: John D. Haigh, ‘Brewer, James Norris (fl. 1799–1830)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, at http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/3362. Accessed 10.10.2014. |