NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Drake, Nathan, 1766-1836 NRA: Drake, Nathan (1766-1836) essayist and physician DNB: Drake, Nathan (1766-1836), essayist and physician LBT ID: NaDrake1836 VIAF ID: 15551790 LOC ID: n50027517 | B/BAP: 1766-01-15 DIED: 1836-06-07 |
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (August 1836) 215-16); DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File | |
English physician and man of letters who published a series of volumes consisting of
essays and poems on literary topics beginning with Literary Hours
(1798). He is best remembered for his encyclopedic Shakespeare and his
Times (1817). | |