John Bancks (Q387372)
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* 1709, 19 April 1751, English writer
- John Banks
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | John Bancks |
* 1709, 19 April 1751, English writer |
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19 April 1751Julian
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Education: local private school run by Mr Belpene; apprentice to a weaver in Reading, never completed due to broken arm
Career: Bookstall in Spitalfields; assistant at the bookshop of Mr Montague, allowed him time to write poetry; Biographer
Coteries: Pope agreed to subscribe to Banks' Miscellanies after receiving a poem from him
Periodicals etc.: Old England Journal; the Westminster Journal
Overall: In his youth, Bancks was "saved from destitution by a timely legacy of ?10 from a distant relation" (DNB). While working in his own bookstall, Bancks was inspired to write The Weaver's Miscellany by the success of Stephen Duck's poem The Thresher' Labour and the patronage Duck received from Queen Caroline. His job as an assistant at a bookshop allowed him enough time to write poetry. His Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose enabled him to make a living writing as a profession. He published a number of biographies and some poems.
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