A biography whose information was contained in the Letters published by his family, under the editorship of Mr G. W.E. Russell, as Mr. Matthew Arnold, like other good men of the author's time, disliked the idea of being made the subject of a regular biography. It was written by George Edward Bateman Saintsbury, who was an English writer and critic. He began his literary career in 1875 as a critic for the Academy, and for ten years was actively engaged in journalism. In 1895 he became professor of rhetoric and English literature at the University of Edinburgh, a position he held until 1915.