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.

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