Kenrick, W. (William), 1725?-1779

found: His A defence of Mr. Kendrick's Review of Dr. Johnson's Shakespeare, 1766:t.p. (Mr. Kenrick; A friend)

found: His The recantation and confession of Doctor Kenrick, 1772:t.p. (Doctor Kenrick)

found: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online, viewed 10 August 2017(Kenrick, William (1729/30-1779), writer and translator; son of Robert Kenerick, staymaker, of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire; by 1750 he was editing a monthly literary miscellany, The Kapélion, with Francis Stamper; between 1753 and 1756 Kenrick ventured abroad, though he returned periodically; he may have studied in the Netherlands, and he certainly mastered French and German during this period; Kenrick replaced Oliver Goldsmith as the chief reviewer for Ralph Griffiths's Monthly Review; he also became editor of the St James Magazine from February 1764 until its demise in June; Kenrick undertook translations to supplement his income, he began with Rousseau's La nouvelle Héloïse, published as Eloisa in 1761, and by 1767 had translated virtually all of the French philosopher's works; in 1766 Kenrick forsook the Monthly Review for the theatre, presenting a Shakespearian-inspired comedy entitled Falstaff's Wedding; Kenrick died on 10 June 1779, aged forty-nine; his funeral and burial took place on 13 June, in Chelsea Old Church; the probate record a year later lists him as 'late of the parish of St Martin-in-the-Fields')