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| STEEVENS, GEORGE. Adm. Fell.-Com. at KING'S, Mar. 29, 1753. Only s. of George, a director of the East India Company [formerly Capt. in the Company's fleet] (and Mary Perryman). B. May 10, 1736, in Stepney. Schools, Kingston-on-Thames and Eton. Matric. Easter, 1753. Settled in London , at first in the Temple, later at Hampstead. Was 'very methodical in his habits; he walked into London before seven each morning and paid visits to literary friends, bookshops and publishing offices, returning on foot early in the afternoon.' A well-known commentator on Shakespeare and a friend of Dr Johnson. Collected a valuable library of Elizabethan literature. A frequenter of Dr Johnson's morning levées, delighting 'in the roaring of the old lion'; supplied Johnson with anecdotes and quotations for his Lives of the Poets . F.S.A.; F.R.S., 1767. Incurred much unpopularity because of spitefulness and sarcasm; his mischievousness earned for him the title of 'The Puck of Commentators.' 'He came to live,' wrote Dr Johnson, 'the life of an outlaw. The warmth of his temper put him at variance with so many of his acquaintance and he wished to avoid them.' Edited Shakespeare's Plays (1766), and assisted Johnson in Lives of the Poets . Donor of plate to the College. Died, unmarried, Jan. 22, 1800, at Hampstead. ( Eton Coll. Reg.; D.N.B. ; Boswell, II. 315; G. Mag., 1800, I; C. Brookes, Percy Letters .) | George STEEVENS Approx. lifespan: 1736–1800 Fell.-Com. King's College adm1753:03:29 Only s. of George STEEVENS, a Director of: : East India Company [formerly Captain in: : Company's fleet] (and Mary Perryman) b. 1736:05:10 in Stepney, [London], schools Sch: Kingston-on-Thames School Kingston-on-Thames, [Surrey], and Sch: Eton Matric 1753:04ET: Settled London , at first in the Temple, [London], later Hampstead, [London], Was 'very methodical in his habits; he walked into London , before seven each morning and paid visits to literary friends, bookshops and publishing offices, returning on foot early in the afternoon.' A well-known commentator on Shakespeare and a friend of Dr Johnson. COLLECTED a valuable library of Elizabethan literature. A frequenter of Dr Johnson's morning levées, delighting 'in the roaring of the old lion'; supplied Johnson with anecdotes and quotations for his Lives of the Poets FSA FRS 1767 Incurred much unpopularity because of spitefulness and sarcasm; his mischievousness earned for him the title of 'The Puck of Commentators.' 'He came to live,' wrote Dr Johnson, 'the life of an outlaw. The warmth of his temper put him at variance with so many of his acquaintance and he wished to avoid them.' Publ.: Edited Shakespeare's Plays (1766), and assisted Johnson in Lives of the Poets Donor of plate to College d., unmarried 1800:01:22 at Hampstead, [London], ( Eton College Reg.; D.N.B. ; Boswell, II. 315; G. Mag 1800, I; C. Brookes, Percy Letters .) |