Yazar: William Minto

William Minto (1845-1893) taught logic and English at Aberdeen University, in the years after those he spent as an editor at the Examiner. As an author, his concentration was on writing about writers. Among his works are the Manuel of English Prose Literature, Characteristics of English Poets from Chaucer to Shirley, The Literature of the Georgian Era, and, of course, Defoe. He also contributed pieces on literary subjects to the Encyclopedia Britannica.