Autograph letter signed from Montagu Pennington, Northbourne, to Clio Rickman, Middlesex [manuscript], 1809 September 22.

Talbot, Catherine, 1721-1770

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Catherine Talbot was the only child of the Rev. Edward Talbot, who died before she was born. She was educated in the household of Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury, where she was taught not only the Scriptures, but languages and astronomy. Talbot was a friend of Samuel Richardson and Elizabeth Carter, whom she persuaded to translate Epictetus. Carter was entrusted with Talbot's manuscripts after her death, and published her Reflections on the Seven Days of the Week (1770) and Essays on Var...

Secker, Thomas, 1693-1768

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Thomas Secker (1693-1768) was born at Sibthorpe, Nottinghamshire. He was educated under Samuel Jones (c. 1680-1719), and studied medicine in London and Paris, 1716-1720 (M.D., Leyden, 1721). He graduated at Exeter College, Oxford, in 1721, and was ordained deacon in 1722, and priest in 1723. He became a prebendary of Durham in 1727, and was Bishop of Bristol, 1735-1737, and of Oxford, 1737-1738. He became Dean of St Paul's, London, in 1750, and was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1758 until his de...

Carter, Elizabeth, 1717-1806

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Elizabeth Carter, English poet, translator, and miscellaneous writer.She began publishing poems in the Gentleman's Magazine in the 1730's and her Poems on Particular Occasions was published in 1738. Carter was the first to translate the complete works of the Greek philosopher Epictetus (1758), and her Poems on Several Occasions (1762) was very popular....

Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761

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English novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Dr. [Edward] Young, 1749 Sept. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270617487 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Sheridan, 1758 Apr. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270617492 From the description of Autograph letter signed : to "Madam" [Frances Grainger], 1748 Dec. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270617481 From the description of Autograph lette...

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784

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Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was one of the leading literary figures of eighteenth-century England. He is best remembered for compiling the first comprehensive dictionary of the English language, published in 1755. Prominent among his diverse other works, he also wrote the satirical History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia (1759), edited The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare (1765), and produced the important Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets (first collect...

Pennington, Montagu, 1762-1849

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Epithet: Vicar of Northbourne Kent British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000350.0x000267 ...

Rickman, Thomas Clio, 1761-1834

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Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877

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