John Morfitt (1758-1809), Philotoxi Ardenae (1788). Forgotten Books, 2018. Courtesy Amazon.com.
John Morfitt (1758-1809) was an English poet and prose writer.
Life[]
Youth and education[]
Morfitt was the son of a Yorkshire clergyman.[1]
He attended University College, Oxford, and the Inner Temple (in 1784).[1]
Career[]
Morfitt practiced law at Birmingham, and published a Latin poem on sport, Philotoxi Ardenae, which he translated into English blank verse as The Woodmen of Arden.[1]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Philotoxi Ardenae: A Latin poem = The Woodman of Arden: A poem (Latin & English both by Morfitt). Birmingham, UK: M. Swinney, for G.G.J. & J. Robinsin, London / Fletcher, Oxford / Merrill, Cambridge, 1788.
Non-fiction[]
- An Abstract of all the Acts of Parliament that relate to the Town of Birmingham and Hamlet of Deritend. Birmingham, UK: 1791.
- Observations on the Present Alarming Crisis: Addressed to the nobility and clergy. Birmingham, UK: privately published, 1797.
- Additional Observations on the Present Alarming Crisis: Addressed to the nobility and clergy. Birmingham, UK: privately published, 1797.
- The British Tocsin; or, The war with France justified. Birmingham, UK: Wilks, Grafton & Reddell, for T. Hurst, London, et al, 1803.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[2]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 John Morfitt (1758-1809), English Poetry, 1579-1830, Center for Applied Technologies in the Humanities, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. Web, Aug. 25, 2016.
- ↑ Search results = au:John Morfitt, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Aug. 25, 2016.
External links[]
- Poems
- Books
- John Morfitt (1758-1809) at Amazon.com
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