Benjamin Martyn
Benjamin Martyn (1698–1763) was an English writer and government official. He served as the only secretary for the Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America from 1732 to 1752. He then served as the colony’s agent for the Crown from February, 1753 until 1763. [1]
Literary career
Before he was retained by the Georgia trustees, Martyn authored a well-received tragedy, Timoleon, in 1730, an effort supported by Alexander Pope. He and Pope collaborated on an effort to erect a monument to Shakespeare. Martyn was instrumental in founding the society for the Encouragement of Learning in 1736.[2]
Martyn was retained by
The Georgia trustees
Martyn authored several publications for the trustees on the colony, including "Some Account of the Trustees Design for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America," based on a tract written by
Notes
- ^ Sambrook 2004.
- ^ Martyn, Benjamin. Timoleon, A Tragedy. London: 1730.
- ^ Martyn, Benjamin. The Life of the First Earl of Shaftesbury. G. Wingrove Cooke, Esq., ed. Two Volumes. London: Richard Bentley, 1836. See Preface.
- ^ Baine, Rodney M., ed. Creating Georgia. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1995. Page xxv.
- ^ Some Account of the Design of the Trustees for Establishing Colonys in America (sic), Baine, Rodney M., and Phinizy Spalding, eds. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1990. See Introduction.
References
- Goodwin, Gordon (1893). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 36. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Sambrook, James (2004). "Martyn, Benjamin (1698–1763)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/18232. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
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