Bennet Langton

(1736-1801)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Langton, Bennet, 1737-1801 NRA: Langton, Bennet (1737-1801), classical scholar, friend of Dr Johnson DNB: Langton, Bennet (bap. 1736, d. 1801), friend of Samuel Johnson LBT ID: BeLangt1801 VIAF ID: 50007147 LOC ID: no2005103855	B/BAP: 1736-01-11 DIED: 1801-12-18
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Educated at Trinity College, Oxford, he was a friend of Topham Beauclerk and member of Samuel Johnson's circle and the Literary Club.
REFERENCES TO Bennet Langton: William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch. VII. 1771-1776 Found 1: ¶ 12 Ch. XII. 1779-1786 Found 1: ¶ 25