John Taylor

(1711-1788)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Taylor, John, 1711-1788 LBT ID: JoTaylo1788 VIAF ID: 31859562 LOC ID: nr92018647	B/BAP: 1711 DIED: 1788-02-29
SOURCES: John Nichols, Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century (1812-15); Alumni Oxonienses; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Born in Lichfield, he was an early friend of Samuel Johnson; he was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, and was Prebendary of Westminster (1746). Johnson anonymously wrote sermons for him.
REFERENCES TO John Taylor: Robert Southey, “Memoir: Westminster School,” 29 August 1824 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 4 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 XVII. 1820-1824 Found 1: ¶ 26 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Early Life: XVI