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Sir George Cornewall Lewis (1806–1863)
Lewis, George Cornewall, Sir. An English statesman, scholar, and critic; born at London, April 21, 1806; died at Harpton Court, Radnorshire, April 13, 1863. His most enduring works are ‘Enquiry into the Credibility of Early Roman History’ (2 vols., 1855), mainly a criticism of Nicbuhr; ‘On the Use and Abuse of Political Terms’ (1835); ‘On the Influence of Authority in Matters of Opinion’ (1849); ‘On the Methods of Observation and Reasoning in Politics’ (2 vols., 1852); and much on philological and archæological subjects.