A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Vaughan, Robert

by John William Cousin

Vaughan, Robert (1795-1868). A minister of the Conregationalist communion, Prof. of History in London Univ., 1830-43, and Pres. of the Independent Coll., Manchester, 1843-57. He founded, and for a time ed. the British Quarterly. He wrote, among various other works, A History of England under the Stuarts, Revolutions of History, and a Life of Wycliffe.