William Godwin's Diary

Coulson, Walter

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 13 times, but was not at home (N) 1 time, and was a venue (V) 4 times.

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1815

9  December  1815

1817

26  January  1817 16  February  1817 24  May  1817 25  May  1817 4  June  1817 14  June  1817

1819

8  April  1819

1821

18  January  1821 (NV) 19  January  1821 (V) 1  February  1821 (V) 6  June  1821 (V)

1831

28  February  1831

  • Name: Coulson, Walter
  • Gender: Male
  • Birth Date: 9  April  1795
  • Death Date: 21  November  1860
  • Occupation: newspaper editor
  • Occupation: barrister

Godwin meets him in relation to William Hazlitt, and he was godfather to one of Hazlitt's children. Mary Shelley refers to him as Colson in her journal and Godwin's entries for Colson seem to fit and have accordingly been coded as Coulson.

  • MS. Abinger c. 70, fols. 3-4: 3 February 1851
  • DNB
  • The journals of Mary Shelley, 1814–1844, ed. by Paula R. Feldman and Diana Scott-Kilvert, 2 vols (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press; Clarendon Press, 1987)

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Alsager, Thomas Massa 3
Ayrton, William 2
Burney, Captain James 1
Gisborne, John 1
Godwin, Mary Jane (Clairmont) (née de Vial) 1
Hazlitt, William 4
Hogg, Thomas Jefferson 2
Hunt, Leigh James Henry 1
Lamb, Charles 3
Lamb, Mary Anne 3
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