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Alexander Chalmers (29 March 1759 — 29 December 1834) was a Scottish writer.

He was born in Aberdeen.Trained as a doctor, he gave up medicine for journalism, and was for some time editor of the Morning Herald. Besides editions of the works of William Shakespeare, James Beattie, Henry Fielding, Samuel Johnson, Joseph Warton, Alexander Pope, Edward Gibbon, and Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke, he published A General Biographical Dictionary in 32 volumes (1812–1817); a Glossary to Shakspeare (1807); an edition of George Steevens's Shakespeare (1809); and the British Essayists, beginning with the Tatler and ending with the Observer, with biographical and historical prefaces and a general index.

A quotation is often attributed to him: "The three grand essentials of happiness are: Something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for."

His papers are held at the National Library of Scotland.
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Total Books: 388
The General Biographical Dictionary  Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent
The General Biographical Dictionary Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in
The British Essayists With Prefaces Historical and Biographical
2010 - The British Essayists with Prefaces Historical and Biographical (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781458863324
ISBN-10: 1458863328
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The British Essayists  With Prefaces Historical and Biographical
2010 - The British Essayists with Prefaces Historical and Biographical [Volume 5] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781458863447
ISBN-10: 1458863441
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The Works of the English Poets from Chaucer to Cowper
2010 - The Works of the English Poets From Chaucer to Cowper (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781143374098
ISBN-10: 1143374096
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare With a Life of the Poet and Notes Original and Selected Together with a Copious Glossary
The Works of Alexander Pope Esq in Verse and Prose Containing the Principal Notes of Drs Warburton and Warton
The Works of the English Poets from Chaucer to Cowper Including the Series Edited with Prefaces Biographical and Critical
The Works of the English Poets from Chaucer to Cowper Spencer Daniel
Senate Documents Otherwise Publ As Public Documents and Executive Documents 14Th Congress 1St Session48Th Congress 2Nd Session and Special Session
The Guardian A New Edition Carefully Revised in Two Volumes with Prefaces Historical and Biographical Volume 1
The Works of the English Poets from Chaucer to Cowper Volume 15
2010 - The Works of the English Poets From Chaucer to Cowper Volume 15 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781143462016
ISBN-10: 1143462017
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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The Projector V1 A Periodical Paper
2010 - The Projector V1 a Periodical Paper [1815] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781120918970
ISBN-10: 1120918979
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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The Works of Samuel Johnson LlD Miscellaneous Essays Political Tracts a Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
The British Essayists With Prefaces Historical and Biographical Volume 25
2010 - The British Essayists with Prefaces Historical and Biographical Volume 25 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781142472665
ISBN-10: 1142472663
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The Plays of William Shakspeare Cymbeline Titus Andronicus Pericles King Lear
A History of the Colleges Halls and Public Buildings Attached to the University of Oxford Including the Lives of the Founders Volume 1
The Plays of William Shakspeare Romeo and Juliet Hamlet Othello Glossarial Index
2010 - The British Essayists [Volume 17] (Paperback)
2009 - The Tatler [1817] (Paperback)Paperback
2008 - The Tatler V2 [1822] (Hardcover)Paperback
2000 - Preaching Christ Volume 5 of the Works [The Works of Edward Reynolds] (Hardcover)