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(‎Added reference to claim: Biographical notes (P173): Overall: A respected preacher, Delany wrote verse, journalism, and sermons. He did not manage his finances well, and he was saved by his marriage in 1732 to Margaret Tenison, a rich widow who provided Delany with an annual income of £1600. When she died, he remarried and received a lucrative preferment. He was a member of Swift's circle, and many of his poem's reference his friend in some way. In his sermons, Delany often wrote on education, tith...)
(‎Added qualifier: Online information (P146): https://dh.dickinson.edu/18cpc/node/3486, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1638027232350)
Property / Research projects that contributed to this data set: Jacob Sider Jost/ Mary Naydan/ Noah Fusco, “Poets of the 1730s: A Digital Humanities Seedling” (2017/ 2021) / qualifier
 

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* 1685, + 1768-05-06, Irish clergyman
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Patrick Delany
* 1685, + 1768-05-06, Irish clergyman

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    1685
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    6 May 1768Gregorian
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    Education: popular school run by Dalton at Athy in co. Kildare; Trinity College, Dublin 1701; elected a scholar 1704; BA 1706; MA 1709; fellow 1709
    Overall: A respected preacher, Delany wrote verse, journalism, and sermons. He did not manage his finances well, and he was saved by his marriage in 1732 to Margaret Tenison, a rich widow who provided Delany with an annual income of £1600. When she died, he remarried and received a lucrative preferment. He was a member of Swift's circle, and many of his poem's reference his friend in some way. In his sermons, Delany often wrote on education, tithes, and vice.