| override_editor, Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition…
“ ELLIS, George (1745–1815) , a miscellaneous writer distinguished for his services in promoting a knowledge of early English literature, was born in London in 1745. Educated at Westminster School and at Trinity College, Cambridge, he commenced his literary career as a contributor to the Rolliad and the Probationary Odes, political satires directed against Pitt's administration. ”
