John Rutter Chorley (31 July 1806, Blackley Hurst, Lancashire – 29 June 1867, London) was an English author, bibliophile, and Hispanist (also interested in other Romance studies).
With help from George Ticknor, Cayetano Alberto de la Barrera [es] (1815–1872) and experts at the British Museum, Chorley became a significant collector as a bibliophile.
The enumeration of his manuscript notes in separate dramas occupies between six and seven columns of the museum printed catalogue.
[1]From 1832–1846 he wrote primarily for Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, reviewing German, Italian, English, French and Spanish literature (29 contributions attributed).
From 1834 onwards he also wrote occasionally for the Athenaeum, where he became principal reviewer of German, Italian and Spanish publications (1846–1854).