BAYNES

baynes, thomas spencer (1823-1887), english editor and man of letters, the son of a baptist minister, was born at wellington, somerset, on the 24th of march 1823. he studied at edinburgh university, where he was a pupil of sir william hamilton, whose assistant he became and of whose views on logic he became the authorized exponent. this teaching was embodied in his _essay on the new analytic of logical forms_, published in 1850, the same year in which he took his london university degree. this was followed in the next year by a translation of arnauld's _port royal logic_. in 1850 he had become editor of the _edinburgh guardian_, but after four years' work his health gave way. he spent two years in somerset and then went to london, becoming, in 1858, assistant editor of the _daily news_. in 1864 he was appointed professor of logic metaphysics and english literature at the university of st andrews, and in 1873 the editorship of the ninth edition of the _encyclopaedia britannica_ was entrusted to him. he conducted it singly until 1881, when the decline of his health rendered it necessary to provide him with a coadjutor in the person of prof. w. robertson smith. baynes, however, continued to be engaged upon the work until his death on the 31st may 1887, shortly before its completion. his article on shakespeare (_encyclopaedia britannica_, 9th ed.) was republished in 1894, along with other essays on shakespearian topics and a memoir by prof. lewis campbell.