English Past and Present

Richard Chenevix Trench (1807–1886) was a noted 19th-century scholar, poet, philologist, and clergyman. Born in Dublin, Ireland, he was part of the intellectual movement of his age, engaging with the theological, linguistic, and literary currents that shaped Victorian thought. Trench is most renowned for his contributions to the study of the English language, which are encapsulated in his seminal ...