BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF CONTEMPORARY PERSONS NAMED OR REFERRED TO IN THE SPECTATOR. [This Index includes the names of all contemporary persons referred to, or directly intended, in the text of the Spectator. The more famous names in the literary, social, and political history of the time which appear in the Essays are entered for the sake of completeness, but are not described. Further information regarding some of the persons described will be found in the Notes.] Addison, Joseph (1672-1719). Addison, Lancelot (1632-1703), Dean of Lichfield, father of Joseph Anne, Queen (1665-1714). Reigned from 8th March 1702. Ascham, Mrs. of Conington, Cambridgeshire, grandmother of Lady Hatton, identified by some as the 'Emilia' of No. 302. See note, vol. iv. p. 297. Aston, Anthony (fl. 1712-1731), actor and dramatist, perhaps Trusty Anthony' and 'The Man of the Bumper Tavern.' See iv. 292. Atterbury, Francis (1662-1732), Bishop of Rochester. Baldwin, Mrs. See vii. 274. Barnes, Joshua (1654-1712), Professor of Greek at Cambridge, who, according to Bentley, 'knew as much Greek as a Greek cobbler.' His best literary attempt is Gerania, a whimsical voyage of the Lilliput type. See Tatler, No. 143. Barrow, Isaac (1630-1677), mathematician, preacher, and theologian. Baxter, Richard (1615-1691), author of the Saints' Everlasting Rest. Bentley, Dr. Richard (1662-1742), scholar and critic. Betterton, Thomas (1635?-1710), actor, the best in the world,' according to Pepys, and especially renowned in his Shakespearian rôles. The Tatler praises his rendering of Mark Antony, Hamlet, Henry VIII., and Othello (Nos. 1, 71, 167, etc.). He adapted seven dramas for the stage. Beveridge, Dr. (1637-1708), Bishop of St. Asaph. Bicknell, Mrs. (1695 ?-1723), actress, of Scottish descent, and sister of Mrs. Younger, actress. Steele praises her in the Tatler as well as in the Spectator (see note, v. 297). Her chief parts were, 'Miss Prue,' in Congreve's Love for Love, 'Lady Wrangle,' in Cibber's Refusal, and Miss Hoyden,' in Vanbrugh's Relapse. Bird, William, servant at the St. James's Coffee-house (No. 24). Blackmore, Sir Richard (d. 1729), physician-in-ordinary to William III., a voluminous writer in verse and prose. His Prince Arthur, a heroic poem, appeared in 1695. His Satyr on Wit (1700) was the occasion of a bitter Grub Street feud, in which Tom Brown, Garth, Sedley, Steele, and even Dryden joined. His Nature of Man appeared in 1711, and, in 1712, Creation, “ a philosophical poem," which the Spectator puffed. Bland, Dr. Henry, Headmaster and Provost of Eton, Dean of Durham. See note, viii. 273. Boileau Despréaux, Nicolas (1636-1711), French poet and critic. Booth, Barton (1681-1733), actor, pupil of Dr. Busby. He was intended for the Church, but began as actor in Dublin. He was associated with Betterton at the New Haymarket (1705). He crowned his reputation in the 'Cato' of Addison's play (April 1713). He wrote a masque, The Death of Dido (1716). Bouhours, Dominique (1628-1702), French littérateur, chiefly interesting for his critical work, La manière de bien penser dans les ouvrages d'esprit, Paris, 1687 (often reprinted). Boul, Mr., auctioneer in Chandos-street. (No. 226). Boyle, Henry, Lord Carleton (d. 1725), politician and holder of several important Government offices. Vol. iii. is dedicated to him. It was said that he prompted Addison to write his Blenheim. Boyle, Hon. Robert (1627-1691), 14th child of the 'great' Earl of Cork, physicist and chemist, member of the Royal Society. He was also an Oriental student. Brady, Dr. Nicholas (1659-1726), latterly incumbent of Richmond, Surrey. He was the collaborator with Nahum Tate in the wellknown metrical version of the Psalms. Brome, Dr., clergyman. See note, iv. 297-98. Brook and Hellier. Thomas Brook and John Hellier, the leading wine-merchants of the day, whose advertisements are frequent in the Spectator (A). See note, iv. 299, v. 294, and viii. 276. Brown, Thomas ('Tom') (1663-1704), miscellaneous writer and wit. The most complete edition of his Works is the 4 vol. set of 1760. Buck, Timothy. See vi. 143. Buckingham, Duke of. See Sheffield. Buckley, Samuel (d. 1741), printer in Amen - Corner, the first Budgell, Eustace (1686-1737), miscellaneous writer. He was a imitation of the Addisonian. Budgell, Gilbert, second brother of Eustace Budgell. See note to Bullock, Gabriel, a freeholder in Northamptonshire. v. 287. See note, Bullock, William (1657?-1740?), actor, praised by Gildon and Burdock, Samuel, servant at the St. James's Coffee-house. (No. 24.) Burnet, Dr. Thomas (1635?-1715), philosophical writer, master of the Busby, Richard (‘Dr.') (1606-1695), the famous headmaster of West- He Button, Daniel. Proprietor of the famous Coffee - house (Button's) Carey, Mr., 'of New College, Oxford,' one of the contributors to the Cassani, Guissepe, opera singer. See i. 22. Cassini, Giovanni Domenico (1625-1712), astronomer, director of the Churchill, John, first Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722). Cibber, Colley (1671-1757), actor and dramatic author, laureate. collaborated in Steele's Conscious Lovers. The story of his theatrical life will be found in his Apology, and incidentally in the Theatre and Anti-Theatre. Steele was a generous admirer in both the Tatler and Spectator. Clark, Mrs. Margaret, v. 286-9. Clay, Stephen, of the Inner Temple, son of Edmund Clay, haber- Clayton, Thomas, of the royal orchestra, associated with Dieupart (See Cliff, Nathaniel, at The Bible and Three Crowns,' Cheapside. Clinch of Barnet, a public entertainer in Bartholomew Lane, behind Collier, Jeremy (1650-1726), essayist. His Short View of the English Congreve, William (1670-1729), dramatist. Courant, Mr. ii. 274. Coventry, Anne, Countess of. See note, vol. iv. p. 297. Cowley, Abraham (1618-1667), poet. Cowper, Baron, the supposed 'Manilius' of No. 467. Crawley, Sir Ambrose. See note, iv. 297. Dacier, André (1651-1722), classical scholar. His most important work was the translation of Aristotle's Poetics (1692), Englished anonymously in 1705. Dacier, Madame Anne Tanneguy - Lefèvre (1654-1720), classical Daintry, Mr. 'The Master of the House' in No. 570. Known as Darcey, James, Sedbury, Yorkshire. ii. 274. Dawks, Ichabod (1661-1730), printer, founder of Dawks's News-Letter Dawson, 'Bully,' the supposed original of Shadwell's 'Captain Day, Mother. viii. 203. 1 } |