William Godwin's Diary

Masters, M. K.

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 24 times, but was not at home (N) 1 time, and was a venue (V) 0 times.

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1792

3  December  1792

1793

3  January  1793 6  January  1793 21  January  1793 1  March  1793 8  September  1793

1794

26  January  1794 13  February  1794 26  May  1794

1797

4  September  1797

1798

10  August  1798 25  September  1798 25  September  1798

1799

8  May  1799

1802

1  February  1802

1803

10  June  1803 (N)

1805

23  May  1805 6  August  1805

1808

25  April  1808 13  June  1808 24  June  1808

1809

29  March  1809

1810

27  May  1810

1811

26  May  1811

  • Name: Masters, M. K.
  • Gender: Male
  • Birth Date:
  • Death Date:
  • Occupation: apothecary

A correspondent of Godwin's living in Watford who complains 'what a devilish chain is fastened to my leg by my profession' making him unable to come to town to see Godwin as much as he would like. He proposes a scheme whereby Mrs Godwin stays over in Watford and he accompanies her back to London when he comes. There is no reference in the letters to the length of their acquaintance , but there is also nothing to suggest that the earlier Masters are not the same. See letters on 7 July 1805, and 11 Aug. 1805. The Dictionary of Living Authors identifies a Martin Kedgwin Masters as an apothecary and surgeon in Watford and the author, in 1807 of the poem The Progress of Love, and in 1811 Lost and Found.

  • MS. Abinger c. 9, fols. 24-5: 7 July 1805, and MS. Abinger c. 9, fol. 27: 11 Aug. 1805.
  • John Watkins, A Biographical Dictionary of the Living Authors of Great Britain and Ireland (London, 1816).

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

Name Number of Meetings
De Boinville, Chastel 1
Lamb, Charles 1
Dawe, George 1
Newton, John Frank 1
Hume, Alexia 1
Hume, Joseph 1
Fenwick, Eliza Anne 1
Fenwick, Elizabeth (Eliza) (née Jaco, pseudonym Reverend David Blair) 1
Keir, Peter 1
Wolcot, Dr John (pseudonym Peter Pindar) 1
Taylor, Edward 1
Taylor, Richard 1
Lamb, Mary Anne 1