Keightley

Keightley, THOMAS, a busy writer, was born in Dublin in October 1789, and was educated at Trinity College there. In 1824 he settled in England to a life of letters, which he pursued assiduously till his death, November 4, 1872. His histories of Rome, Greece, and England held their place as school manuals until superseded by better books; of less moment were his notes to Virgil and Horace. But his Fairy Mythology (1850) largely retains its value, as also to a less extent does his Life, Writings, and Opinions of Milton (1855), and his annotated edition of Milton (1859).