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Richard Trott Fisher
A 19th-century English barrister and poet, he wrote legal works as well as verse ranging from long poems to lighter collections for children. His books include "Eleusinia," "Lays of Ancient Babyland," and later collected editions of his work.
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Lays of Ancient Babyland to which are added Small Divers Histories not known to the Ancients
by Richard Trott Fisher
About the author
Richard Trott Fisher was an English writer of the 19th century who also trained and worked in law. A biographical entry in Men-at-the-Bar identifies him as the second son of the Rev. Edmund Fisher of Linton, says he was born in 1805, studied at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, entered Lincoln's Inn in 1826, and was called to the bar in 1829.
Book records and library listings show a long bibliography that mixes legal writing with poetry. Among the works linked to him are An Act for the Amendment of the Law with respect to Wills, Eleusinia, The Night-Watch; an Argument, Lays of Ancient Babyland, Rakings Over Many Seasons, and a collected Works published in 1881.
He seems best remembered today as one of those Victorian authors whose career moved comfortably between professions. The surviving record suggests a writer with wide interests: serious verse, playful writing for children, and practical legal publication all sit side by side in his catalog.