William Godwin's Diary

Burney, Dr Charles

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 16 times, and was a venue (V) 2 times.

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1792

26  September  1792

1793

10  February  1793 (V)

1794

5  November  1794

1796

19  April  1796

1802

18  November  1802 (V)

1804

15  May  1804 6  December  1804

1805

1  February  1805

1806

16  February  1806

1809

19  November  1809 25  November  1809

1813

14  May  1813 22  May  1813 12  June  1813

1815

2  March  1815

1817

28  December  1817

  • Name: Burney, Dr Charles
  • Gender: Male
  • Birth Date: 4  December  1757
  • Death Date: 28  December  1817
  • Occupation: schoolmaster
  • Occupation: book collector

Burney was expelled from Cambridge in 1777 for stealing books. He later became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1802 and professor of ancient literature at the Royal Academy in 1810. His enormous library was purchased by the British Museum in 1818 after his death.

See the bibliographic entry for Martin Charles Burney.

Godwin recorded his death.

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This table lists the people this person is most frequently noted with in the diary.

Name Number of Meetings
2
Merry, Robert 1
Glenie, James 1
Reveley, Maria (Gisborne) (née James) 1
Porson, Richard 1
Ritson, Joseph 1
Muir, Thomas 1
Vaughan, Felix 1
Kearsley, Thomas 1
Tresham, Henry 1
Lamb, Charles 1
Lamb, Mary Anne 1
Manning, Thomas 1
Rickman, John 1
Hazlitt, William 1
Wollstonecraft, James 1
Godwin, Mary Jane (Clairmont) (née de Vial) 1
Dawe, George 1
Pigott, Charles 1
Gerrald, Joseph 1
Frost, John 1
Jardine, Major Alexander 1
Carlisle, Sir Anthony 1
Shee, Sir Martin Archer 1
Montagu, Basil 1
Stoddart, John 1
Banks, Thomas 1
Wedgwood, Thomas 1
Sempill, Lord Hugh 1
Gawler, Captain John Bellenden (Ker) 1
Rowan, Archibald Hamilton 1
Knight, Robert 1
Harwood, Colonel William 1
Thelwall, John 1
1
Goring, Charles 1
Wharton, John 1
Scott, Alexander 1
Dawe, Mary Margaret (Wright) 1