CA
The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Oxford don/scholarly entrepreneur
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
1841
Death:
1879
The details
Biography
Charles Edward Appleton (1841–1879) was an Oxford don and scholarly entrepreneur.
He is best remembered for founding the periodical The Academy in 1869; it was intended a forum for an intellectual and cultural revival in the German style. The purpose was to encourage an elite with "sound information and correct taste in intellectual matters".