Sir John Hawkins (1719-1789)
English writer, biographer of Samuel Johnson, and author of A General
History of the Science and Practice of Music (1776). He had the misfortune to be
outshown in both capacities by Boswell and Burney respectively.
English writer, biographer of Samuel Johnson, and author of A General
History of the Science and Practice of Music (1776). He had the misfortune to be
outshown in both capacities by Boswell and Burney respectively.