Bland, Robert

Bland, Robert A.B., an English divine, was born about 1778, and graduated from Pembroke College, Cambridge,.in 1802. At the time of his death, March 12, 1825, he was curate of Kenilworth. His published works are, Edwy and Elgiva, poems (1808, 8vo): — The Four Slaves of Cythera, a poetical romance (1809, 8vo): A Collection of the Most Beautiful Poems of the Minor Poets of Greece, with Notes and Illustrations, and an admirable Preface (1813, 8vo): — A Translation of the Memoirs, etc., of Baron de Grimm and Diderot, in conjunction with Miss Plumtre, (eod. 2 vols. 8vo). See The Annual Register (Lond.), 1825, p. 235.