Born: May 29, 1821, Lancaster, Lancashire, England.
Died: December 13, 1859, Kensington, London, England.
Buried: Brompton Cemetery, Kensington and Chelsea, London, England.
John was the son of John Blackburne and Elizabeth Gardner.
He was educated at Queen’s College, Oxford, England.
After spending some time in literary work at the Athenæum, he took Holy Orders.
Two of his letters are printed in Hartley Coleridge’s Memoirs.
If you know where to get a good picture of Blackburne (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),