ART. XXIII. A List of Literary Persons of Great Britain, who have died in the last twelve years, with the dates of their deaths. [Continued from p. 104.] 1801. Sir James Stonehouse, Bart. M. D. 8 Dec. æt. 80 Sir George Leonard Staunton, Bart. circ. December Rev. William Drake, M. A. F. A. S. 13 June, æt. 80 Sir Grey Cooper, 30 July, æt. 76 Robert Bage, Novelist, 1 September, æt. 72 Gilbert Wakefield, 10 September, æt. 46 Benjamin Blayney, D. D. 20 October, æt. 74 David Levi, learned Jew Bennet Langton, Esq. LL. D. 18 December, æt. 66 Rev. James Hurdis, 22 Dec. æt. 39 Mrs. Chapone, 25 Dec. æt. 75 John 1802. John Moore, M. D. 18 February. æt. 72 Thomas Garnett, M. D. 28 June, æt. 37 Henry Hunter, D. D. 27 October, æt. 64 1803. John Throsby, Topographer, 5 February, æt. 66 Sir James Marriott, Knight, 21 March, æt. 73 Sir William Hamilton, K. B. 6 April, æt. 74 Charles Peter Layard, DD.FRS. 10 April, æt. 55 Rev. Richard Hole, Poet, 28 May Robert Jephson, Esq. Poet, 31 May Joseph Galloway, 29 August Alexander Thomson, Poet, 7 November, æt. 41 Rev. Rev. Richard Amner, Dissenting Minister, 8 June, æt. 67 William Woodfall, Printer, 1 August, æt. 58 John Hoole, Poet, 2 August, æt 76 John Topham, F. A. S. 19 August James Beattie, LL.D. 18 August, æt. 68. Ralph Griffith, LL.D. Founder of Monthly Review, 28 September, æt. 83 Joseph Ritson, Critic, September Thomas Astle, F. A. S. December, æt. 69 1804. Rev. John Fawcett, Dissenting Minister, 24 Jan. Joseph Priestley, LL.D. 6 February, æt. 74 Joseph Dacre Carlyle, B.D. 12 April, æt. 45 Rev. Samuel Ayscough, November Rev. Richard Graves, 23 November, æt. 90 Powell Snell, Poet, 8 April, æt. 67 Rev. Jonathan Boucher, 27th April, æt. 67 Robert Macfarlane, 8 August, aged 70 Rev. Thomas Twining, A. M. 6 August, aged 70 Rev. Rob. Ingram, A. M. 3 August, aged 77 Mr. Carter, Ballad Writer, 12 October Rev. Dr. Archibald Maclaine, 25 November, æt. 82 Mrs. Lefroy, Poetess, 16 December, aged 56 W. Cunningham, Poet, 27 December, æt. 24. 1805 Charles Townley, F. R. S. A. S. 3 January, æt. 67 Col. Philip De La Motte, Antiquary, 11 March Dr. Bisset, 21 May, æt. 48 Thomas Pownall, F. R. A. S. S. æt. 85, 25 Feb. Sir William Pulteney, Bart. 28 May ARTHUR MURPHY. "On the 19th of June 1805, departed this life, at his apartments at Knightsbridge, in the 78th year of his age, Arthur Murphy, Esq. Barrister at Law and a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn. He lived in the closest friendship with the most polished authors and greatest lawyers of his time. His knowledge of the classics was profound. His translations of the Roman historians enlarged his fame. His dramatic productions were inferior to none of the time in which he flourished. The The fire of the poet was particularly adorned by the refined taste of the critic. The moderation of his ambition, and the modesty of his nature, inclined his genius to court the retirement of his study, in preference to the pursuits of an active life. As a man of high talents and a warm heart he lived honoured, and as a very devout Christian he was long resigned to the will of his Creator; in the words he was often heard to repeat from Pope Half taught by reason, half by mere decay, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO CORRESPONDENTS. The Editor is much obliged to Mr. Brayley for the MS. regarding Richard the Third, which he has not yet had time to examine sufficiently. The Editor has to lament that the very curious article regarding Puttenham's Art of Poetry, by his friend Mr. Gilchrist, has only reached him this day otherwise it would have supplied the place of much less valuable matter in this Number. It will of course appear in No. IV. Mr. B. is particularly obliged to Mr. S. for his hint regarding "The Handeful of Plesant Delites.' " ERRATA in No. II. A Correspondent has pointed out some errors of the press and of the transcriber, in the article of Dr. Frank Nichols, p. 195; he became M. D. 1729, and read the H. oration 1739. He died 7 Jan. 1778, not 1780. P. 124. Mr. Johnes is M. P. for Cardiganshire, not Carmarthenshire. P. 114. for "Cantates" read "Cantantes." ERRATA in No. III. The 67th Poem in England's Helicon is entitled "Firmius the Sheepheard," and the 76th is "Montana" (not "Montano") the Sheepheard his love to Aminta. June 24, 1805. T. Bensley, Printer, Bolt Court. |