Introduction

Biography

Edward mar­ried twice: to Sar­ah At­kin­son and Char­lotte Su­san­nah Free.

He be­gan his ca­reer as a phy­si­cian at Guy’s Hos­pi­tal in Lon­don, and the Swan­sea In­fir­ma­ry (1819–36).

However, he quick­ly mi­grat­ed to the li­ter­ary field. For some time he was as­so­ci­at­ed with the So­ci­ety for Pro­mot­ing Chris­tian Know­ledge, in both Lon­don and Bath. In 1841, he be­came ed­it­or of the Roy­al Corn­wall Ga­zette, and moved to Tru­ro.

Works

• Burrowing and Bor­ing Ma­rine Ani­mals
• Church and Bi­ble; The Voy­age: a Po­em Writ­ten at Sea, and in the West In­dies, and Il­lus­trat­ed by Pa­pers on Na­tur­al His­to­ry, 1830
• Psalms and Hymns Adapt­ed to the Ser­vic­es of the Church of Eng­land, with Will­iam J. Hall (Lon­don: 1836)
• The Life of Lord Ex­mouth, 1857