HERAUD

John Abraham ( son of Abraham Heraud, law stationer, d. 1846 ). b. St. Andrew’s, Holborn, London 5 July 1799; friend of Cole ridge, Southey, Words worth and Carlyle; a istant editor of Fraser’s Mag. 1830–3; edited The Sunbeam 1838–9, the Monthly Mag. 1839–42 and the Christian monthly mag. ; contributor and dramatic critic to the Athenæum 1843–68; dramatic critic Illust. London News 1849–79; a brother of the Charter house 21 July 1873 to death; wrote Videna , a tragedy, Marylebone theatre 1854, Wife and no Wife , and Medea ; author of The legend of St. Loy 1820; The descent into hell 1830, 2 ed. 1835; The judgment of the flood 1834, new ed. 1857; The life and times of G. Savonarola 1843; The sibyl among the tombs 1886. d. Charter house, Charter house sq. London 20 April 1887. Athenæum 23, 30 April (1887); I.L.N. 30 April 1887 p. 485.