Ellis, George (1753–1815)

British writer. He attained notoriety 1778 with the publication of Poetical Tales, by Sir Gregory Gander. He was one of the contributors to the Criticism on the Rolliad, a collection of Whig political satires, and in later years, with George Canning, founded the Anti-Jacobin journal. In 1790 he published Specimens of the Early English Poets, and 15 years later Specimens of Early English Romances in Metre.