Edward Purdon [Ned Purdon] (1729-1767)
A schoolmate of Oliver Goldsmith, he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin before
becoming a writer in London; an epigram by Goldsmith made him a byeword for a
“bookseller's hack.”
A schoolmate of Oliver Goldsmith, he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin before
becoming a writer in London; an epigram by Goldsmith made him a byeword for a
“bookseller's hack.”