Alexander Ireland (journalist)

Alexander Ireland
Born	(1810-05-09)May 9, 1810 Edinburgh
Died	(1895-12-07)December 7, 1895 Withington, England
Occupation	Journalist

Alexander Ireland (1810–1894) was a Scottish journalist, man of letters, and bibliophile, notable as a biographer of Ralph Waldo Emerson as well as a friend of Emerson and other literary celebrities, including Leigh Hunt and Thomas Carlyle, and the geologist and scientific speculator Robert Chambers. His own most popular book was The Book-Lover's Enchiridion, published under a pseudonym in 1882.