William Godwin's Diary

Porson, Richard

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 90 times, but was not at home (N) 22 times, and was a venue (V) 37 times.

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1793

20  April  1793 10  November  1793 13  November  1793 (V) 24  November  1793 30  November  1793 2  December  1793 (NV) 4  December  1793

1794

6  February  1794 (V) 15  February  1794 (N) 21  February  1794 21  February  1794 28  February  1794 9  March  1794 14  March  1794 (V) 28  March  1794 (V) 17  April  1794 (NV) 10  May  1794 12  May  1794 14  May  1794 10  July  1794 (V) 31  July  1794 8  August  1794 (NV) 15  August  1794 (N) 17  August  1794 7  September  1794 27  September  1794 1  October  1794 (NV) 5  October  1794 7  December  1794 18  December  1794 (NV) 21  December  1794

1795

2  January  1795 5  January  1795 (V) 8  January  1795 8  January  1795 21  February  1795 (NV) 24  February  1795 2  March  1795 3  April  1795 (NV) 11  August  1795 (NV) 17  August  1795 6  September  1795 20  September  1795 18  October  1795 23  October  1795 (NV) 11  November  1795 29  November  1795 6  December  1795 27  December  1795

1796

31  January  1796 17  March  1796 (NV) 26  March  1796 (V) 31  March  1796 16  April  1796 22  June  1796 (V) 23  October  1796

1797

2  February  1797 (V) 26  February  1797 (V) 1  March  1797 23  April  1797 (NV) 26  April  1797 (V) 5  November  1797 5  November  1797 27  November  1797

1798

16  April  1798 28  May  1798 (NV) 23  June  1798 27  July  1798 (NV) 14  September  1798 (NV)

1799

17  June  1799 (V) 17  September  1799 (NV) 17  November  1799 (NV) 19  November  1799 (V) 22  November  1799 22  November  1799

1800

19  April  1800 (NV) 3  September  1800 18  October  1800 19  October  1800

1802

9  May  1802 (NV)

1803

12  March  1803 (V) 13  March  1803 (V) 13  August  1803 (NV) 19  August  1803 (V) 22  August  1803 (V) 3  November  1803 (V) 4  November  1803 7  November  1803 (N)

1808

25  September  1808

1809

14  May  1809

  • Name: Porson, Richard
  • Gender: Male
  • Birth Date: 25  December  1759
  • Death Date: 25  September  1808
  • Occupation: classical scholar

Richard Porson was a famous classical scholar, originally from Norfolk. He formed part of Godwin's early circle, often dining with him and Thomas Holcroft. He appears in Hazlitt's The life of Thomas Holcroft. Godwin's entry for his death-date is consistent with the DNB entry.

  • DNB
  • St Clair
  • Thomas Holcroft,The life of Thomas Holcroft, continued by William Hazlitted. by Elbridge Colby, 2 vols (London: Constable & Co., 1925)

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

Name Number of Meetings
Holcroft, Thomas 18
Perry, James (Pirie) 10
Reveley, Maria (Gisborne) (née James) 5
Thelwall, John 4
Barry, James 3
Mackintosh, Sir James (of Kyllachy) 3
Gerrald, Joseph 3
Reveley, Willey 2
Jennings, Mrs (Jennyns) 2
Gillies, John 2
Merry, Robert 2
Parr, Samuel 2
Jennings, Joseph Clayton (Jennyns) 2
Horne Tooke, John 2
Adair, Robert 2
Banks, Thomas 2
Harwood, Colonel William 2
Knight, Robert 1
Muir, Thomas 1
Ritson, Joseph 1
Glenie, James 1
Pigott, Charles 1
Sempill, Lord Hugh 1
1
Frost, John 1
Gawler, Captain John Bellenden (Ker) 1
Rowan, Archibald Hamilton 1
Wharton, John 1
Goring, Charles 1
Scott, Alexander 1
Vaughan, Felix 1
Lamb, Charles 1
Raine, Matthew 1
Boaden, James 1
Kemble, John Philip 1
Lawrence, Sir Thomas 1
Fuseli, Henry (Johann Heinrich Füssli) 1
Marshall, James 1
Fell, Ralph 1
Northcote, James 1
Wollstonecraft, Mary (Godwin) 1
Fawcett, Joseph 1
Stoddart, John 1
Tresham, Henry 1
Kearsley, Thomas 1
Wedgwood, Thomas 1
Burney, Dr Charles 1
Dyer, George 1
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor 1
Foulkes, John 1
White, 1
Shield, William 1
Dignum, Charles 1
Paine, Thomas 1
Dyson, George 1
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley 1
Nicholson, William 1
Priestley, Joseph 1
Stewart, John (Walking Stewart) 1
Fordyce, James 1
Williams, Edward (Iolo Morganwg) 1
Miller, 1
1
Raine, Jonathan 1
Bankes, Henry 1
Robinson, George 1
Reynolds, Elizabeth (née Mansel) 1
Tuthill, Sir George Leman 1
Cooper, Thomas (Abthorpe) 1
Sharp, William 1
Alderson, Amelia (Opie) 1
Richter, George 1
Richter, Henry James 1
Moore, Sir Graham 1
Moore, Sir John (Jack) 1
Curran, John Philpot 1