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Samuel Derrick
Engraving by William Hibbart
Born1724
Dublin, Ireland
Died28 March 1767(1767-03-28) (aged 42โ€“43)

Samuel Derrick (1724 โ€“ 28 March 1769) was an Irish author. He became known as a hack writer in London, where he gained wide literary connections.

Life

Born in Dublin, Derrick served an apprenticeship with a linen draper, and after that failed as an actor. He then turned to writing.[1]

Derrick knew

The Critical Review.[2]

He is thought to have been the original compiler of Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies, an annual directory of London prostitutes beginning in 1760.[3][4]

Two years after the death of

Tunbridge Wells, until his death on 28 March 1769. There was no lack of criticism, with James Quin in particular (who had wanted the position in Bath) undermining Derrick.[1][5][6]

Works

Derrick published:[1]

  • The Dramatic Censor, No. 1, 1752. This title was used again in 1770 by Francis Gentleman.[7]
  • Sylla, a dramatic entertainment, from the French of
    Frederick II of Prussia
    , 1753.
  • A Voyage from the Moon, from the French of Cyrano de Bergerac, 1753.
  • Memoirs of the Count de Beauval, from the French of D'Argens, 1754.
  • The Third Satire of Juvenal, translated into English verse, 1755.
  • A View of the Stage, 1759, published under the name of John Wilkes.
  • The Battle of Lora, a poem, from Ossian, 1762.
  • Dryden's Works, with a Life and Notes, 1760, 4 vols.
  • A Poetical Dictionary, 1761, 4 vols.[8]
  • A Collection of Voyages, 1762, 2 vols.
  • Letters written from Leverpoole, Chester, Corke, 1767, 2 vols. This gains a mention from a character in Tobias Smollett's epistolary novel The Expedition of Humphry Clinker.[9]

A compilation entitled Derrick's Jests, or the Wit's Chronicle, was published soon after his death.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1888). "Derrick, Samuel" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 14. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. ISBN 978-0-415-65884-3
    .
  3. ^ Rubenhold, Hallie The Covent Garden Ladies, (Tempus, 2005)
  4. doi:10.1093/library/fpac043
    .
  5. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/7536. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  6. ISBN 978-0-387-00499-0
    .
  7. ISBN 978-0-87413-699-9
    .
  8. ISBN 978-0-415-13407-1
    .
  9. ^ Page 2 in the OUP World's Classics edition of 1984.
Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1888). "Derrick, Samuel". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 14. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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