William Nanson Lettsom

(son of John Coakley Lettsom), by Rachel, daughter of William Nanson, born 4 February 1796.

[2] Having ample private means, he devoted his life to a study of literature.

[2] He published a translation of the Nibelungenlied, with the title ‘The Fall of the Nebelungers; otherwise the book of Kriemhild’, in 1850.

His friend Alexander Dyce was assisted by Lettsom in his preparation of his edition of Shakespeare.

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