Francis Coventry (Q272719)

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* 1725 Buckinghamshire, + 1754 Middlesex, English novelist, English novelist
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Francis Coventry
* 1725 Buckinghamshire, + 1754 Middlesex, English novelist, English novelist

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    Human(s)
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    Gender
    Male gender
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    Date of birth
    1725
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    Date of death
    1754
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    Biographical notes
    Education: Eton College (1742–4); admitted as a pensioner to Magdalene College, Cambridge 1744; BA 1749; MA 1752
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    Author
    Jacob Sider Jost/ Mary Naydan/ Noah Fusco, “Poets of the 1730s: A Digital Humanities Seedling” (2017/ 2021)
    Periodicals etc.: Dodsley's Collection of Poems, vol 4 (‘To a Friend in Wales’ and 'Penshurst'), 1755
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    Author
    Jacob Sider Jost/ Mary Naydan/ Noah Fusco, “Poets of the 1730s: A Digital Humanities Seedling” (2017/ 2021)
    Overall: A clergyman, Coventry expressed 'gentlemanly literary ambitions' in his first published poem Penshurst (DNB). He subsequently wrote a popular novel about London society. The DNB argues that his anonymity was due to his position as a clergyman, as suggested in other cases as well.
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    105509248X
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    BnF ID
    145471878
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