John Belfour (c. 1768–1842), was an English orientalist and miscellaneous writer, of whom little is recorded, except that he was a member of the Royal Society of Literature, and that he died in the City Road, London, in 1842, at the age of seventy-four.
Belfour also revised, corrected, and augmented the fifth edition of Ray's English Proverbs, London, 1813, 8vo.
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John Belfour (c. 1768–1842), was an English orientalist and miscellaneous writer, of whom little is recorded, except that he was a member of the Royal Society of Literature, and that he died in the City Road, London, in 1842, at the age of seventy-four.
Belfour also revised, corrected, and augmented the fifth edition of Ray's English Proverbs, London, 1813, 8vo.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: " Belfour, John". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.