DYCE

Rev. Alexander ( eld. son of Lieut. general Alexander Dyce ). b. George st. Edinburgh 30 June 1798; ed. at Edin. high sch. and Exeter coll. Ox., B.A. 1819; C. of Lanteglos, Cornwall 1821–5; C. of Nayland, Suffolk 1825–7; lived at 9 Gray’s Inn square, London down to 1859, at 33 Oxford terrace 1859 to death; edited the works of Richard Bentley 3 vols. 1836–8, the works of Shakespeare 9 vols. 1857, 2 ed. 9 vols. 1864–7, the works of Beaumont and Fletcher 11 vols. 1843–6 and many other English cla ics. d. 33 Oxford terrace, Oxford st. London 15 May 1869. Fortnightly Review xviii , 731–46 (1875); Alexander Dyce, a biographical sketch by John Forster in A catalogue of the Dyce books in South Kensington museum (1875) pp. 7–24.