Early Life, Family and Training Francis Stephen Cary was born in Kingsbury, Warwickshire, on 10 May 1808. He was the younger son of the Rev. Henry Francis Cary, a man whose professional life as the assistant keeper of printed books at the British Museum and his scholarly work as a translator of Dante provided a disciplined, intellectual atmosphere for his upbringing. Much of Cary's early education took place within the home, guided pri…