LIMBIRD, John. b. 1796; printer, publisher and stationer 143 Strand, London 1823–52, at 11 Exeter Exchange, Strand 1852–4; engraver and stationer 344 Strand 1854–68; the pioneer of cheap literature; published a periodical called the ‘Londoner’ (edited by John Humffreys Parry) April 1822, but it only ran to 5 numbers; projected the ‘Mirror’ (the parent of all weekly illustrated papers) No. 1 dated 22 Nov. 1822, edited by Thos. Byerley the ‘Reuben’ of the Percy anecdotes up to his death; author of Limbird’s Handbook guide to London 1851. d. 157 Wandsworth road 30 Oct. 1883. Bookseller, Nov. 1859 p. 1326.
LIMPUS, Richard. b. 10 Sep. 1824; studied at R.A. of Music; organist of Brentford, of St. Andrew, Undershaft, St. Mary Axe, and of St. Michael’s, Cornhill; founded the College of Organists in London 1864, secretary to death; professor of music; composed some sacred and secular music. d. 41 Queen sq. Bloomsbury, London 15 March 1875.
LIND, Johanna Maria, known as Jenny Lind (daughter of Niclas Jonas Lind, accountant). b. Stockholm 6 Oct. 1821; first appeared at royal theatre, Stockholm 7 March 1838 as Agathe in Der Freischütz; appointed court singer Jany. 1840 and member of royal Swedish academy of music; pupil of Manuel Garcia in Paris 1840–2; sang in Sweden and Germany 1843–6; first appeared in London at Her Majesty’s theatre 4 May 1847 as Alice in Roberto il Diavolo; sang in 9 operas only during her career in London, last appeared in opera 18 May 1849; sang in oratorio of Elijah at Exeter hall 15 Dec. 1848; toured in U.S. of America 1850–2; founded scholarships, &c. in Sweden with the £20,000 she had earned in U.S. of A.; sang in Germany, Austria and Holland 1854–5; made a tour in Great Britain 1855–6; sang at concerts given in aid of charities 1855, 1861, 1863, 1864 and 1866; chief professor of singing at royal college of music, London 1883–6; last sang in public at the Spa, Malvern 23 July 1883; she was always known as the Swedish Nightingale, her voice was a soprano two octaves in compass from D to D. (m. at Boston, U.S. of America 5 Feb. 1852 Otto Goldschmidt, musical conductor, he was naturalised in England 12 Aug. 1859). She d. Wynds Point, Colwell near Ledbury, Herefordshire 2 Nov. 1887, value of her personalty declared at £40,630. Rev. H. S. Holland and W. S. Rockstro’s Memoir of Jenny Lind Goldschmidt 2 vols. (1891), portrait; Tallis’s Dramatic magazine (1850) 5–9, portrait; E. C. Clayton’s Queens of song, ii 330–66 (1863); H. F. Chorley’s Thirty years musical recollections, i 299–312 (1862); A Review of the performances of Jenny Lind during her engagement at Her Majesty’s theatre, with a notice of her life (1847), portrait; B. Lumley’s Reminiscences (1864); Memoranda of the life of Jenny Lind. By N. P. Willis. Philadelphia (1851); Theatre, xi 1–12 (1888); H. F. Tuckerman’s Mental Portraits (1853) 125–47; Ireland’s Records of the New York stage, ii 571–2 (1867).
Note.—Alfred Bunn engaged Jenny Lind to sing 20 times at Drury Lane in opera in 1845, she broke her engagement and Bunn brought an action in the queen’s bench 22 Feb. 1848 laying his damages at £10,000, the jury gave him £2,500 but Bunn accepted £2,000. A. Bunn’s The case of Bunn versus Lind (1848).
The other characters in opera she appeared in, in England were, Amina; Maria in La Figlia; Norma; Amalia in I. Masnadieri; Susanna in Le Nozzi; Elvira in I. Puritani; and Adina in L’Elisir.
LINDAM, Jacob Ole (2 son of Peder Holger Lindam 1752–99, a factor in Danish East India company’s service). b. India 13 April 1789; ensign 2nd light infantry battalion of the German legion 17 May 1810, lieut. 8 July 1811, placed on h.p. 24 Feb. 1816; served in the Peninsula 1811–14, distinguished himself at siege of Bayonne 14 April 1814; severely wounded at battle of Waterloo; lieut.-col. in Hanoverian army 25 May 1866; decorated with the Peninsula (five clasps) and Waterloo medals; K.H. May or June 1818. d. Rough Down, Boxmoor, Herts. 20 Dec. 1881. Times 11 Jany. 1882 p. 6.
LINDLEY, John (son of George Lindley of Catton near Norwich, nurseryman). b. Catton 5 Feb. 1799; ed. at Norwich gr. sch.; agent for a London seed merchant in Belgium 1815; assistant librarian to sir Joseph Banks in London 1819–22; garden assistant secretary to Horticultural Soc. 1822, sole assistant sec. 1826–41, vice sec. 1841–58, member of council and hon. sec. 1858–62; professor of botany in London Univ. 1829–36, in Univ. college, London 1836–60, emeritus professor 1860 to death; lecturer on botany to Apothecaries company at Chelsea 1836–53; took charge of the entire colonial department of the International exhibition 1862; his name has been given to the genus Lindleya of the order Rosaceæ; F.R.S. 17 Jany. 1828, royal medallist 1857; edited Collectanea Britannica 1821, eight numbers; The Botanical Register 1847 etc.; Journal of the horticultural society 1846–55; chief editor of the Gardener’s Chronicle 1841 to death; author of Rosarum monographia or a botanical history of roses 1820; A synopsis of the British flora 1829 vol. 1 only, 3 ed. 1859; An introduction to botany 1832, 4 ed. 2 vols. 1848; Flora medica 1838; Outlines of the first principles of botany 18—, 6 ed. called Elements of botany 1849; The vegetable kingdom 1846, 3 ed. 1853; Folia orchidacea 1852–9, nine parts; Descriptive botany 1858; with W. Hutton The fossil flora of Great Britain 3 vols. 1831–7; with J. Paxton Paxton’s Flower garden 3 vols. 1850–3; with T. Moore The treasury of botany 1866. d. Acton Green, Middlesex 1 Nov. 1865, portrait by Eddis in rooms of Horticultural Soc. H. Field’s Memoirs of botanic garden at Chelsea (1878) 189–214; The Naturalist, iv 434–42 (1839), portrait; The Gardener’s Chronicle (1865) 1058, 1082; Proc. of Royal Soc. xv 30–7 (1867).
LINDLEY, Robert (son of Shirley Lindley of Masbro). b. Rotherham, Yorkshire 4 March 1776; pupil of Cervetto the violoncellist 1792; played at Brighton theatre 1792; principal violoncello at the opera and at all important concerts 1794–1851; the best English performer on the violoncello; professor of R.A. of Music 1822; composed about 35 solos and duets for the violoncello, &c.; published A handbook for the violoncello 1855. d. Percy st. Rathbone place, London 13 June 1855. Dramatic and musical review, iii 379 (1844).
Note.—His son Wm. Lindley b. 1802 was a good violinist and excelled in orchestral playing, he d. at Manchester 12 Aug. 1869.
LINDO, Elias Hiam. Merchant in City of London 1828 to death; author of A Jewish calendar for sixty-four years to which are added tables for continuing the calendar to A.M. 6000–2240 C.Æ. 1838; The history of the Jews of Spain and Portugal from the earliest times to their expulsion from those kingdoms 1848. d. 1865.