George Crabbe 

George Crabbe (1778-1851) was the son of HCR’s uncle, Zechariah Crabb, and his wife, the former Elizabeth Jolly, of Wattisfield, where George was baptised into the same Independent congregation of which HCR’s mother had been a member. He studied briefly for the dissenting ministry, but by 1797 had moved to London to pursue a different career. On 6 January 1798 he married Maria Southgate, seven years his senior. He taught in Yorkshire for a time, then moved to Bremen, Germany, where he taught English from 1801 to 1806, nearly the same time period that HCR was in Germany. He authored a number of works on German literature and English dictionaries, but by the late 1820s decided on a new career, becoming a lawyer in London in 1829, the same year HCR retired from the legal profession. His new profession led to a number of publications concerning English law, though he continued to pursue his literary interests, publishing a significant work on mythology in 1840. This George Crabbe is not to be confused with the poet George Crabbe (1754-1832).