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- March 24, 1823, Wellington, Somerset, Eng.
- Died:
- May 31, 1887, London (aged 64)
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Thomas Spencer Baynes
British scholar and editor
Also known as: T. S. Baynes
Thomas Spencer Baynes (born March 24, 1823, Wellington, Somerset, Eng.—died May 31, 1887, London) was a man of letters who was editor of the ninth edition of Encyclopædia Britannica up to and including the 11th volume and who thereafter continued the work in partnership with William Robertson Smith. Bold and progressive in his planning of the edition, Baynes used his reputation as a scholar to persuade authors of “brilliance and character” to contribute. He himself wrote the Britannica article on Shakespeare.
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