Browning, Oscar (1837-1923)
Title
Browning, Oscar (1837-1923)
Description
Oscar Browning was a schoolmaster at Eton and a historian when he met George Henry Lewes and George Eliot in 1866. Browning was apparently pleased with his place in Lewes' and Eliot's crowd, which was dotted with celebrities. In 1875, Browning was dismissed as schoolmaster at Eton for rumors of homosexual advances. He returned to Cambridge where he strove to advance the study of history at the university and wrote historical works in his retirement. Browning wrote The Life of George Eliot in 1890, which brought together details from John Walter Cross’s biography and Browning's own personal interactions with Eliot. According to Henry James in a letter to his sister Alice in 1881, Browning had a theory that Eliot discovered something unsavory in Lewes' notes after his death and desired to go back on Lewes. This rumor is still contested.
Publisher
George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org
Letters Exchanged
To:
GE to Oscar Browning, London, 23 June 1867
GE to Oscar Browning, London, 26 July 1867
GE to Oscar Browning, Dresden, 23 August 1867
GE to Oscar Browning, London, 21 January 1869
GE to Oscar Browning, London, 14 October 1869
GE to Oscar Browning, Limpsfield, 6 November 1869
GE to Oscar Browning, London, 31 January 1870
GE to Oscar Browning, London, 8 May 1870
GE to Oscar Browning, London, 18 October 1870
GE to Oscar Browning, London, 27 April 1872
GE to Oscar Browning, London, 2 May 1872
GE to Oscar Browning, London, 19 February 1873
GE to Oscar Browning, London, 2 March 1875
GE to Oscar Browning, London, 22 July 1869
GE to Oscar Browning, London, 28 July 1869
GE to Oscar Browning, London, 16 March 1873
GHL to Oscar Browning, London, [13 December 1875]
GE to Oscar Browning, London, 12 February 1877
GE to Oscar Browning, London, 26 May 1877
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GE to Oscar Browning, London, 23 June 1867
GE to Oscar Browning, London, 26 July 1867
GE to Oscar Browning, Dresden, 23 August 1867
GE to Oscar Browning, London, 21 January 1869
GE to Oscar Browning, London, 14 October 1869
GE to Oscar Browning, Limpsfield, 6 November 1869
GE to Oscar Browning, London, 31 January 1870
GE to Oscar Browning, London, 8 May 1870
GE to Oscar Browning, London, 18 October 1870
GE to Oscar Browning, London, 27 April 1872
GE to Oscar Browning, London, 2 May 1872
GE to Oscar Browning, London, 19 February 1873
GE to Oscar Browning, London, 2 March 1875
GE to Oscar Browning, London, 22 July 1869
GE to Oscar Browning, London, 28 July 1869
GE to Oscar Browning, London, 16 March 1873
GHL to Oscar Browning, London, [13 December 1875]
GE to Oscar Browning, London, 12 February 1877
GE to Oscar Browning, London, 26 May 1877
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Citation
Oscar Browning (1837-1923), Browning, Oscar (1837-1923), Social Network Gallery, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed November 11, 2026. https://georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/97129