Myers, Frederic William Henry (1843-1901)

Frederic William Henry Myers was a poet, classical scholar, and a regular visitor at the Priory, George Eliot's London home, after being introduced to George Eliot and George Henry Lewes by Henry Sidgwick. He was also a fellow and lecturer at Trinity College, Cambridge, and was visited there by Eliot and Lewes. He spoke very highly of Middlemarch, claiming that Eliot seemed “to be the only person who can make life appear potentially noble and interesting” (GEL9:67).