author
F. Somner (Frederick Somner) Merryweather
1827–1900
Best known for a lively early study of medieval book culture, this Victorian writer had a knack for turning literary history into something curious and readable. He also worked as a newspaper editor and wrote across subjects ranging from Sundays and old-time life to misers and local history.
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Bibliomania in the Middle Ages
by F. Somner (Frederick Somner) Merryweather
About the author
F. Somner Merryweather, short for Frederick Somner Merryweather, was a British author active in the 19th century. He is most closely associated with Bibliomania in the Middle Ages (1849), a book that explores book collectors, scribes, monastic libraries, and the love of manuscripts in medieval Britain.
Sources found during research also describe him as a newspaper editor and a writer of general literature. Other works linked to him include Dies Dominicae (1849), Glimmerings in the Dark; or, Lights and Shadows of the Olden Time (1850), Lives and Anecdotes of Misers (1850), and Half a Century of Kingston History (1887).
Some sources disagree slightly on his birth year, listing it as 1827 or nearby, but they consistently identify him as Frederick Somner Merryweather and place his death in 1900. Because confirmed portrait imagery was not available from the pages checked, no profile image is included here.