Phanuel Bacon
Phanuel Bacon DD (13 October 1700 – 10 January 1783) was an English playwright, poet and author. He was the son of the Rev. Phanuel Bacon, vicar of St Laurence's church, in Reading.
Phanuel Bacon | |
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Born | 13 October 1700 |
Died | 10 January 1783 82) | (aged
Life
In his youth, Bacon attended John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon (now Abingdon School), from 1712-1715 [1] and later entered St John's College, Oxford. He became vicar of Bramber, Sussex, and rector of Marsh Baldon, Oxfordshire.
Works
Among his works are
- The Kite (1722), An Heroi-comical Poem. In Three Canto's
- The Moral Quack (1757), A Dramatic Satire
- The Insignificants(1757), A Comedy of Five Acts.
- The Tryal of the Timekillers (1757), A comedy of five acts
- The Occulist (1757), A Dramatic Entertainment of Two Acts
- The Taxes (1757), A Dramatick Entertainment
- The Snipe (1765), poem [2]
gollark: They haven't, so it's fine.
gollark: Too bad, fix the problems.
gollark: Economic growth has brought better living standards for basically everyone ever. Stopping it means reverting to the bad old times where the only way to get more stuff is to redistribute it away from someone else.
gollark: Bee you, we really need those.
gollark: If technological progress halts or reverses, there are bigger problems.
See also
References
- Preston, Arthur Edwin (1929). St.Nicholas Abingdon and Other Papers, pre isbn. Oxford University Press.
- ""The Snipe", Phanuel Bacon, 1765Snipe in Literature". Snipe in Literature.
- Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1885). . Dictionary of National Biography. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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