NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Matthews, John, 1755-1826 DNB: Matthews, John (bap. 1755, d. 1826), physician and poet LBT ID: JoMatth1826 VIAF ID: 75272860 LOC ID: n85017718 | B/BAP: 1755-10-30 DIED: 1826-01-15 |
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Physician to St George's Hospital and father of Byron's friend Charles Skinner Matthews;
he was MP for Herefordshire between 1803 and 1806 and author of Eloisa en
dishabille (1780). | |