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Croly, George

(1780-1860) Irish clergyman, High Tory controversialist, playwright and author, in England from 1810; his novel of Immortality and the Wandering Jew, Salathiel: A Story of the Past, the Present, and the Future (1828 3vols; vt Salathiel the Immortal; a History 1855; vt Tarry Thou Till I Come; or, Salathiel the Wandering Jew 1901), was published anonymously but soon acknowledged. The novel concentrates on Salathiel's early years in Rome as a political activist in the Jewish cause, but covers the following centuries in some detail, including visions of travel through space and into the Near Future. [JC]

see also: Fantasy Entries.

Reverend George Croly

born Dublin, Ireland: 17 August 1780

died London: 24 November 1860

works

• Salathiel: A Story of the Past, the Present, and the Future (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) [published in three volumes: hb/nonpictorial]
  • Salathiel The Immortal; A History (London: Hurst and Blackett, 1855) [vt of the above: hb/]
  • Tarry Thou Till I Come; Or, Salathiel, the Wandering Jew (New York: Funk and Wagnalls Company, 1901) [vt of the above: text edited and annotated: illus/T de Thulstrupp: hb/George Wharton Edwards]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Picture Gallery

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction edited by John Clute, David Langford, Peter Nicholls and Graham Sleight.
Accessed 13:43 pm on 26 April 2024.
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