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Phanuel Bacon

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Phanuel Bacon, The Taxes: A dramatick entertainment. Courtesy Letitia Baldridge Books.

Rev. Phanuel Bacon DD (13 October 1700 - 10 January 1783) was an English poet and playwright.[1]

Life[]

Bacon was the son of the Rev. Phanuel Bacon, vicar of St Laurence's church, in Reading, Berkshire.[1]

Bacon was educated at Abingdon School. He then entered Magdalen College, Oxford, earning a B.A. 12 June 1719, an M.A. 17 April 1722, a B.D. 29 April 1731, and a D.D. 9 Dec. 1735.[1]

He became vicar of Bramber, Sussex, and rector of Marsh Baldon, Oxfordshire. He died at Marsh Baldon.[1]

Among his works are The Kite (1719 and 1756), and 5 plays – The Moral Quack, The Insignificants, The Tryal of the Timekillers, The Occulist and The Taxes – all written in 1757, and published together under the title, Humorous Ethics.[1]

Publications[]

Poetry[]

  • The Kite: An heroi-comical poem, in three cantos. Oxford, UK: L. Lichfield, 1722; London: J. Walthoe, 1729.
  • The Oxford Sausage; or, Select poetical pieces. London: J. Fletcher, 1764.

Plays[]

  • Humorous Ethics; or, An attempt to cure the vices and follies of the age by a method entirely new: In five plays. London: W. Owen, 1757.
    • The Taxes: A dramatick entertainment.
    • The Oculist: A dramatick entertainment of two acts.
    • The Tryal of the Time Killers: A comedy of five acts.
    • The Moral Quack: A dramatick satire, in prose.
    • The Insignificants: A comedy in five acts, in prose

Non-fiction[]

  • A Sermon on the Great and General Day of Judgment. London: J. Watts, 1731.


Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[2]

See also[]

References[]

  •  Knight, John Joseph (1885) "Bacon, Phanuel" in Stephen, Leslie Dictionary of National Biography 2 London: Smith, Elder, pp. 371-372 

Notes[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Knight, 371.
  2. ↑ Search results = au:Phanuel Bacon, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, July 2, 2016.

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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain, the Dictionary of National Biography (edited by Leslie Stephen & Sidney Lee). London: Smith, Elder, 1885-1900. Original article is at: Bacon, Phanuel

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