Historical reference: Do not rely on this information. It is very old. About this collection
Baynes., Thomas Spencer, was born at Wellington, Somerset, March 24th, 1823. After being Sir William Hamilton's assistant at Edinburgh University, he became assistant editor of the Daily News (1857-64), and Professor of Logic in St. Andrew's University (1864-87). He edited the ninth edition of the Encyclojicedia Britannica. He died in 1887.