Edward Purdon [Ned Purdon]

(1729-1767)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Purdon, Edward, 1729-1767 DNB: Purdon, Edward (bap. 1729, d. 1767), writer LBT ID: EdPurdo1767 VIAF ID: 9719832 LOC ID: nr93031958	B/BAP: 1729-09-17 DIED: 1767-03-27
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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.”