George Henry Lewes

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biographer dramatist human journalist literary critic philosopher theatre critic

George Henry Lewes was a 19th-century English philosopher, literary critic, and biographer best known for his influential writings on science and literature and for his long-term partnership with the novelist George Eliot.

Aliases (1)

G. H. Lewes ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biographer → dramatist → human → journalist → literary critic → philosopher → theatre critic →
birthDate	1817-04-18 →
birthPlace	England → London →
countryOfCitizenship	England → United Kingdom →
deathDate	1878-11-28 →
deathPlace	England → London →
educatedAt	Dr. Burney's Academy, Greenwich →
familyName	Lewes →
fieldOfWork	literary criticism → philosophy → physiology → psychology → science writing →
givenName	George → Henry →
influenced	George Eliot →
influencedBy	Auguste Comte → Johann Wolfgang von Goethe →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
movement	positivism →
name	George Henry Lewes →
notableFor	his long-term partnership with the novelist George Eliot → popularizing science in Victorian England →
notableWork	Problems of Life and Mind → The Biographical History of Philosophy → The Life of Goethe → The Physiology of Common Life →
occupation	biographer → dramatist → journalist → literary critic → philosopher → theatre critic →
partner	George Eliot → Mary Ann Evans →
residence	London →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Agnes Jervis →
wroteAbout	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe → history of philosophy → physiology → psychology →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Cornhill Magazine ("G. H. Lewes") →	editor
George Henry Lewes →	name
The Fortnightly Review →	notableEditor
George Eliot →	partner