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Columbia Encyclopedia: Francis Lord Jeffrey Jeffrey
Jeffrey, Francis, Lord Jeffrey, 1773-1850, Scottish critic and judge. He was a founder and editor of the Edinburgh Review, which printed his critical essays.

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See his Contributions to the Edinburgh Review (4 vol., 1844).

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