Author: Carmichael, Andrew Blair
Biography:
CARMICHAEL, Andrew Blair (c. 1780-1821: O’Donoghue)
Details about his parents are known because he was the younger brother of Richard Carmichael, a surgeon (ODNB). He was born at Dublin to Sarah (Rogers) and Hugh Carmichael, a solicitor. No information about his education has been located. He became a Crown attorney and had premises in French Street, Dublin. His wife’s first name was Jane. They had at least one son (also Andrew Blair Carmichael, a lawyer) and two daughters. According to the title page of his Essay on Dreaming (1818), he was a member of the Royal Irish Academy. He likely died at Dublin and the date of probate on his will is 1821. The Metropolis is dedicated to the author of Familiar Epistles: this was John Wilson Croker (q.v.) whose epistles were ostensibly to Frederick Edward Jones (q.v.), manager of Dublin’s Crow Street Theatre and the Theatre Royal, Dublin. Carmichael’s preface also addresses Jones as the manager of the Theatre Royal. It claims that the first edition of The Metropolis sold out in three days, prompting a second edition; no copy of the first edition has been located. (O’Donoghue; findmypast.co.uk 18 Jan. 2021; ODNB [for Richard Carmichael] 18 Jan. 2021; WorldCat) SR