About James Mew
Lived 1837 – 1913 (aged 75–76). James Mew was a British barrister.
James Mew (1837 – 25 February 1913) was an English barrister and man of letters, a contributor to the Dictionary of National Biography.
Life He was the son of George Mew of Holborn, educated at Merchant Taylors' School. He matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford in 1855, graduating B.A. in 1860. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1864.
He died on 25 February 1913.
Works Drinks of the World (1893), with John Ashton Traditional Aspects of Hell (Ancient and Modern) (1903)
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English barrister (1837–1913)
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James Mew was born in 1837 in Bloomsbury.
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James Mew died on 25 February 1913 in Sidcup.
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James Mew was a barrister.
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