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Author: Anstey, John

Biography:

Anstey, John (1757‑1819: ODNB)

pseudonym John SURREBUTTER

He was born in Trumpington, Cambridgeshire, to the poet Christopher Anstey (q.v.) and Ann (Calvert) Anstey. He graduated from Cambridge in 1781 and then became a barrister of Lincoln’s Inn and a commissioner for auditing public accounts. The Pleader's Guide, which first appeared in London in 1796, became a favourite with members of the legal profession: Richard Porson, the famous classicist noted for his memory, is said to have known it by heart. Anstey's edition of his father’s Poetical Works appeared in 1808. (ODNB 29 Aug. 2017)

 

Books written (9):

London: T. Cadell, Jr., and W. Davies, 1796
Dublin: [no publisher: printed by Mercier], 1797
New edn. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1803
4th edn. London: Cadell and Davies, 1804
5th edn. London: Cadell and Davies, 1808
7th edn. London: T. Cadell and Davies, 1815