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Edward Farr

Best known for lively 19th-century histories of the ancient world and England, this prolific writer also worked on hymnody and edited early English devotional poetry. His books range from the Egyptians and Persians to the Macedonians, showing a strong taste for making big subjects readable.

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The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From the Accession of George III. to the Twenty-Third Year of the Reign of Queen Victoria

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From the Accession of George III. to the Twenty-Third Year of the Reign of Queen Victoria

by Edward Farr, E. H. (Edward Henry) Nolan

About the author

Edward Farr was a 19th-century British author and editor whose surviving bibliography shows an unusually wide range. Library and catalog records link him to historical works such as History of the Egyptians, History of the Persians, History of the Macedonians, and continuations of History of England, alongside religious and literary projects including A New Version of the Psalms of David and editions of Elizabethan and Jacobean devotional verse.

What stands out is the mix of interests. Farr moved between popular history, biblical and hymn-related writing, and editorial work on older English literature, suggesting a writer comfortable both with large historical narratives and with the religious reading culture of his time.

Reliable biographical detail about his personal life is scarce in the sources I could confirm here, so it is safer to remember him through the books themselves: serious but accessible Victorian-era works aimed at readers who wanted history, faith, and literature brought together in a clear, instructive style.