John Hughes 1678?-1720
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John HUGHES 1678?-1720
Biographical Note
Born at Marlborough, son of John Hughes, clerk in a London insurance office; the family had a strong puritan tradition and he was educated at dissenting academies in London. He had administrative work in the Office of Ordnance and other government organisations but his main activities were literary ones, as the author of numerous plays, librettos and poems, a literary editor and a translator. He published a six-volume edition of Spenser, a new edition of Hamlet, and many classical translations.
Books
Hughes's library was sold by retail sale in London, along with the books of his younger brother Jabez, beginning 31 January 1733. No catalogue survives, but the sale was advertised in several newspapers.
Sources
- Alston, R. C., Inventory of sale catalogues ... 1676-1800, St Philip, 2010.
- McGeary, Thomas N. "Hughes, John (1678?–1720), writer and librettist." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.