A Compendium of Irish Biography/Anster, John
Anster, John, LL.D., Professor, was born at Charleville, County of Limerick, in 1793, and was educated at Trinity College, where he took the degree of LL.D. in 1825. He was called to the Bar the same year; in 1837 was appointed Registrar of the Admiralty Court, and in 1849, Regius Professor of Civil Law in Dublin University. Without attaining the first rank, he was favourably known as a writer. Coleridge had a high opinion of his poetical talents. He was a frequent contributor to the University and other magazines; perhaps his best known work is a translation of portions of Faust. He died 9th June 1867.  
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- Biographical Division of English Cyclopædia, with Supplement: Charles Knight. 7 vols. London, 1856-'72.