Education
Born at Upper Clapton, London, on 22 June 1824, Sanford studied at University College, London.
Born at Upper Clapton, London, on 22 June 1824, Sanford studied at University College, London.
Entering Lincoln"s Inn, he read in the chambers of John Richard Quain, and was called to the bar in 1855, but never practised as a barrister. From 1852 to the end of 1855 Sanford was joint editor of The Inquirer, established as a Unitarian periodical in 1842. From 1861 till his death he contributed to The Spectator.
Foreign many years Sanford"s eyesight was failing, and early in 1875 he became totally blind.
He died at Evesham on 27 July 1877, and was buried in the graveyard of Oat Street Chapel.