William Carew Hazlitt, known professionally as W. Carew Hazlitt, was an English lawyer, bibliographer, editor, and writer who lived and worked during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Born on August 22, 1834, Hazlitt belonged to a highly distinguished intellectual family. He was the son of the barrister and registrar William Hazlitt, and the grandson of the celebrated English essayist and critic William Hazlitt. This lineage of writers and thinkers extended back even further to his great-grandfather, also named William Hazlitt, who was a Unitarian minister and author.
Hazlitt's formal education was completed at the Merchant Taylors' School, which provided him with the academic foundation to pursue a career in law. In 1861, he was called to the bar of the Inner Temple, embarking on his professional life as a lawyer. Beyond his legal career, Hazlitt established himself as a dedicated bibliographer, editor, and writer, contributing to the literary landscape of his era. He maintained these diverse professional pursuits throughout his life until his death on September 8, 1913, preserving his family's multi-generational commitment to English letters and scholarship.
