Phillibrown-Hawkins network
A London-based network that included John Hawkins, Moses Browne, and Foster Webb, active in c. 1740/41-1757. Their poetry, essays, and song lyrics are recorded, along with supporting correspondence, by Thomas Phillibrown. Discussed in Schellenberg, Literary Coteries and the Making of Modern Print Culture: 1740–1790 (Cambridge UP, 2016).
- Regions: London, Middlesex
- Middlesex
John Hawkins
| Coteries | Phillibrown-Hawkins network |
|---|
Music scholar and lawyer; friend of Samuel Johnson and Horace Walpole.
Thomas Phillibrown
| Coteries | Phillibrown-Hawkins network |
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Compiler of a manuscript verse miscellany showcasing the work of the London-based Phillibrown-Hawkins network.
Foster Webb
| Coteries | Phillibrown-Hawkins network |
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Friend of John Hawkins and Moses Browne whose promising literary career was cut short by his early death; author of fifteen poems featured in Thomas Phillibrown’s manuscript verse miscellany.
Bodleian MS Eng. poet. c. 9
| Title | Miscellanies |
|---|---|
| Period | 1731-1760 |
| Archive | Bodleian Library |
Thomas Phillibrown, 1740–1757.
Divided into sections according to odd and even numbered pages.
152 poems.
Very London oriented (Public affairs, local interest, celebrities).
Reflects a mid-century coterie centering around John Hawkins and Moses Browne.
| Period | Description | Manuscripts | Coteries |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1731-1760 | Some or all of the miscellany's compilation period falls within this timespan |
63 | 7 |