Robert Shiels

Robert Shiels (born before 1700, Roxburghshire, Scot.—died Dec. 27, 1753, London) was a Scottish poet and editor. Moving to London, where he was a printer, Shiels was employed by Samuel Johnson as an amanuensis on the Dictionary of the English Language. When this work was completed, Shiels, with others, began the compilation of a five-volume The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Time of Dean Swift (1753), published shortly before...