William Godwin's Diary

Malkin, Benjamin Heath

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1796

30  October  1796

1797

24  December  1797

1799

17  October  1799

1800

16  February  1800 17  May  1800

  • Name: Malkin, Benjamin Heath
  • Gender: Male
  • Birth Date: 23  March  1769
  • Death Date: 26  May  1842
  • Occupation: schoolmaster
  • Occupation: antiquary

Malkin was the first professor of history at the University of London, appointed in 1829. He also commissioned Wiliam Blake to design and engrave the frontispiece of his book, A Father's Memoir of his Child. The introduction to the book includes a valuable acount of Blake's early life. Malkin knew Godwin mainly through John Horne Tooke.

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

Name Number of Meetings
Horne Tooke, John 4
Boddington, Samuel 1
Morgan, William 1
Sharp, 1
Gawler, Henry 1
Gawler, Captain John Bellenden (Ker) 1
Burdett, Sir Francis (fifth baronet) 1
1
Curran, John Philpot 1
Parry, John 1
Dyson, George 1
Frend, William 1
Warner, John 1
Bosville, William 1
Wollstonecraft, Mary (Godwin) 1
Montagu, Basil 1
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor 1