Mudge, Bradford Keyes, editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 116. Gale Research, 1992.
116: 51
John Nichols
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Standard Name: Nichols, John,, 1745 - 1826
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Chandler | Her father, Henry Chandler
, was a minister, a leader of the Presbyterian community of Bath, a learned man (according to John Nichols
) who had much injured his fortune by his principles during the... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Anna Eliza Bray | The thirty-two letters were written to her mother and brother between July and November 1818 during a trip undertaken with her husband. Todd, Janet, editor. Dictionary of British Women Writers. Routledge, 1989. |
| Occupation | Hannah Brand | She performed in Liverpool as well as York. Wilkinson wrote unflatteringly of her in his memoirs, as did William Beloe. John Nichols
thought well of her talents, though he called her wayward and eccentric, in... |
| Publishing | Ann Thicknesse | While the title-page says Volume the First, the dedication to Richard Graves
(a neighbour near Bath) hopes he will enjoy this second volume because he enjoyed the first. Thicknesse, Ann. Sketches of the Lives and Writings of the Ladies of France. J. Dodsley, E. and C. Dilly, R. Cruttwell, and T. Shrimpton, 1778. titlepage, iii |
| Publishing | Ann Thicknesse | The first volume has a frontispiece portrait of AT
, and the second has a companion piece of her late husband
. Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press, 2000, 2 vols. 2: 125 Thicknesse, Ann. The School for Fashion. Reynell, Debrett and Fores, and Robinson, 1800, 2 vols. 1: vi |
| Reception | Elizabeth Tollet | ET
's reputation persisted for some time after her death. Mary Scott
praised her highly in The Female Advocate, 1774. John Duncombe
(though her posthumous publication was too late for inclusion in his Feminiad... |
| Textual Production | Eleanor Anne Porden | This four-page leaflet survives in an apparently unique copy (it is not listed by OCLC), presented with Miss Porden's compliments to the antiquarian Francis Douce
, who bound it into his copy of John Nichols |
| Textual Production | Caroline Herschel | CH
's An Account of a New Comet (her recent discovery) was read for her at a meeting of the Royal Society
. The account was printed by John Nichols
as a pamphlet the following year. University of Alberta Libraries On-line Catalogue. http://www.library.ualberta.ca/. |
| Textual Production | Elizabeth Elstob | Short excerpts of it appeared first in an article in volume one of John Nichols
, Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica, 1780 (reprinted at Newcastle in 1847). Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements. |
| Textual Production | Diana Primrose | The full title of this tribute (to a reign which had ended a generation previously) was A Chaine of Pearle; or, a Memorial of the Peerles [sic] Graces and Heroick Vertues of Queen Elizabeth, of... |
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Texts
Nichols, John, 1745 - 1826, and John Bowyer Nichols. Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century. Printed for the author by Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1858, 8 vols.