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Dunton, John, 1659-1733


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    • Member of the Athenian Society, 1659-1733
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    • Birth Date

        1659-05-04
    • Death Date

        1733-11-24
    • Birth Place

        Grafham (England)
    • Associated Language

        English
    • Occupation

      Bookseller

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    • found: His Dunton's ghost
    • found: His The visions of the soul before it comes into the body ..., 1692:t.p. (a member of the Athenian Society)
    • found: Plomer, H. Dict. of the printers and booksellers ... 1668 to 1725, 1922:(Dunton, John; b. 1659, d. 1733; bookseller in London; Raven or Black Raven)
    • found: An essay, proving, we shall know our friends in heaven, 1698:p. 95 (Your eternally devoted friend, Philaret)
    • found: Halkett & Laing, Dict. of anonymous and pseudonymous English literature (2nd ed.), 1971:v. 7, p. 523 ("Philaret" was John Dunton)
    • found: Oxford dictionary of national biography online, 10 June 2015(John Dunton; bookseller; born 4 May 1659, Grafham, Huntingdonshire; died 24 November 1732, London)
    • found: Dictionary of national biography, 1908:vol. VI, page 236 (Dunton and his wife [Elizabeth Annesley Dunton] called each other Philaret and Iris)
    • found: The Athenian mercury, July 14, 1691:page 2 (Printed for P. Smart); July 18, 1691: page 2 (Printed for John Dunton)
    • found: Berry, H. Gender, society, and print culture in late Stuart England, 2003 :page 21 (The name P. Smart, one of Dunton's pseudonyms, appears on the earliest issues of The Athenian mercury)
    • found: Parks, S. John Dunton and the English book trade, 1976 :page 74 (the Athenian Society, 1691-1697) page 75-76 (Dunton created the Athenian Society to create "the illusion of a body of learned men engaged in replying to the questions submitted by readers." The Athenian Society was "the first appearance of the club framework in literature") page 80 (members: John Dunton; Richard Sault, the mathematician; and: Samuel Wesley, Dunton's brother-in-law. Sault enlisted Dr. John Norris, who offered his assistance without pay and was unwilling to become a permanent member of Dunton's board of editors. On April 10, 1691, Dunton, Sault, and Wesley met at Smith's Coffee-House, where they composed and signed the articles of agreement for the writing of The Athenian Mercury) page 320 (signed Philaret [i.e., John Dunton]) page 446 (Philaret, pseud.)
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    • 1980-06-13: new
    • 2023-09-06: revised
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