Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Jonas Hanway
Standard Name: Hanway, Jonas
Connections
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Publishing | Mary Deverell | MD
had apparently finished this poem in draft by 1782. |
Publishing | Susannah Gunning | The title-page of this initially three-volume work calls the authors the Miss Minifies of Fairwater in Somersetshire—thus linking their identity with their rank. Gunning, Susannah, and Margaret Minifie. The Histories of Lady Frances S—,— and Lady Caroline S——. R. and J. Dodsley. title-page |
Publishing | Sarah, Lady Pennington | She appended her signature in the same form as before, S. Pennington, to her preface. The subscribers are a highly impressive collection in terms of social status; few writers subscribed and those, like Lord Chesterfield |
Textual Production | Mary Scott | MS
penned Verses Occasioned by the Death of Jonas Hanway
, Esq. (who had died on 5 September), and sent them to the Gentleman's Magazine. Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers. (1786): 1143-4 |
Friends, Associates | Mary Scott | MS
was also a correspondent of the reformer and writer Jonas Hanway
, and she probably had friends or literary associates at Bath. “Memoir of Mr. John Edward Taylor”. The Christian Reformer; or, Unitarian Magazine and Review, Vol. xi , Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, pp. 158-9. 158 Holladay, Gae, and Mary Scott. “Introduction”. The Female Advocate, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, p. iii - x. iii |
Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Mary Scott | This poem, a tribute, she says, from the Muse that lov'd thy virtues, Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers. (1786): 1143 |
Timeline
1756: The umbrella was invented by Jonas Hanwa...
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1756
The umbrella was invented by Jonas Hanway
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June 1756: Jonas Hanway, with the help of twenty-two...
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June 1756
Jonas Hanway
, with the help of twenty-two fellow-merchants, founded the Marine Society
for fitting out orphan boys and unemployed men and recruiting them into the navy.
10 August 1758: The Magdalen Hospital (for fallen women)...
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10 August 1758
The Magdalen Hospital
(for fallen women) opened in Prescot Street, London, after a considerable campaign to influence public opinion.
1772: An English translation, A Tour to London,...
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1772
An English translation, A Tour to London, relayed the view of Frenchman P. J. Grosley
that streetwalkers in London were more numerous than at Paris, and have more liberty and effrontery than at Rome itself.
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