Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Martin Madan
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Standard Name: Madan, Martin,, 1725 - 1790
Connections
| Connections Sort ascending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Publishing | Anne Francis | She quoted Pindar
in Greek on the title page, and dedicated the work in a full-page inscription to John Parkhurst
of Epsom, author of a Hebrew lexicon, |
| Friends, Associates | Mariana Starke | From at least the late 1770s MS
and her family were on terms of close friendship with Eliza
and William Hayley
; Mariana's earliest extant letter to Eliza Hayley is dated 22 December 1780. William... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Judith Cowper Madan | JCM
bore her eldest child, a son named Martin
after his father, at her parents' townhouse in Bond Street, London. Madan, Falconer. The Madan Family. Oxford University Press. 78 |
| Cultural formation | Judith Cowper Madan | From about this time she associated herself with John Wesley
's fairly new religious group called the Methodists
(then part of the Church of England). Another influence on her religious thinking was Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon |
| Anthologization | Judith Cowper Madan | JCM
's very popular A Funeral Hymn (two 8-line stanzas, beginning In this World of Sin and Sorrow, ending Let thy gracious Will be done) Madan, Falconer. The Madan Family. Oxford University Press. 103 |
Timeline
28 March 1762: Preaching at the opening of a chapel at the...
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28 March 1762
Preaching at the opening of a chapel at the LondonLock Hospital
(for sexually transmitted disease) the Rev. Martin Madan
pointed the finger at men who knowingly infect children.
After April 1763: Martin Madan published An Account of the...
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After April 1763
Martin Madan
published An Account of the Triumphant Death of F. S. a Converted Prostitute, who had supposedly died recently at the age of twenty-six.
By November 1780: Martin Madan published Thelyphthora: Or,...
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By November 1780
Martin Madan
published Thelyphthora: Or, a Treatise on Female Ruin, on the topic of prostitution.
Texts
Madan, Martin, editor. A Collection of Psalms and Hymns: Extracted from Various Authors. 1760.
Madan, Martin, editor. A Collection of Psalms and Hymns: Extracted From Various Authors. 1763.