William Godwin's Diary

Higgins, Godfrey

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 4 times, and was a venue (V) 0 times.

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1795

27  February  1795 7  May  1795

1800

25  July  1800

1833

22  June  1833

  • Name: Higgins, Godfrey
  • Gender: Male
  • Birth Date: 1773
  • Death Date: 9  August  1833
  • Occupation: historian of religion

Higgins resigned an army commission in 1813 and dedicated himself to scholarship. Among his publications were Horae sabbaticae (1826), and The Celtic Druids (1829) and Anacalypsis: an attempt to draw aside the veil of the Saitic Isis, or, An inquiry into the origin of languages, nations, and religions, (1836).

The identification can be confirmed by the entry where Godwin takes tea at William Frend's on 27 February 1795. Frend was a close acquaintance of Higgins whom he met at Cambridge.

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

Name Number of Meetings
Holcroft, Thomas 2
Frend, William 1
Hamilton, Hugh Douglas 1
Foulkes, John 1
Batty, Robert 1
Smirke, 1
Thelwall, John 1
Dyer, George 1
Wordsworth, William 1
Raine, Jonathan 1
Tweddell, John 1
Losh, James 1
Curran, John Philpot 1