St. John the Baptist parish Church, Findon, West Sussex, UK. Photo by Simon Carey, 2013. Licensed under Creative Commons, courtesy Geograph.org.
Rev. John Straight (1687-1736) was an English poet.[1]
Life[]
Youth and education[]
Straight was a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford.[2]
Career[]
He served as vicar of Findon in Sussex.[2]
Writing[]
Straight's Select Discourses on Moral and Religious Subjects were published posthumously in 1641, by subscription, for the benefit of his widow.[2]
Recognition[]
Robert Dodsley included 6 of Straight's poems in his Collection of Poems in Six Volumes; by several hands.[1]
Publications[]
Non-fiction[]
- Select Discourses on Moral and Religious Subjects. (2 volumes), London: John Watts, 1741.[3]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 John Straight, Eighteenth-Century Poetry Archive. Web, Apr. 12, 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Select Discourses on Moral and Religious Subjects, BiblioCommons. Web, Apr. 12, 2021.
- ↑ Search results = au:John Straight, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Apr. 12, 2021.
External links[]
- John Straight at the Eighteenth-Century Poetry Archive (6 poems)
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