James Hervey

James Hervey (1714–1758) was a writer, poet and priest.

James Hervey; William Romaine; Thomas Jones; Martin Madan , by Thomas Kitchin, given to the National Portrait Gallery, London in 1916. See source website for additional information. This set of images was gathered by User:Dcoetzee from the National Portrait Gallery, London website using a special tool. All images in this batch have a known author, but have manually examined for strong evidence tha

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James Hervey

Born: 1714
Died: 1758
Known for: writer
poet and priest
Place of birth: Hardingstone
Family: poets
Fields: literature
Anglicanism
Methodism
Languages: English
Birth place: Hardingstone
Educated at: Lincoln College
Northampton School for Boys
Occupations: writer
poet
priest

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Overview

Born at Hardingstone in 1714, died in 1758.

In detail

James Hervey studied at Lincoln College and Northampton School for Boys. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is literature, Anglicanism and Methodism.

Sources

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1.
“James Hervey”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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2.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q3161151: James Hervey
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A portrait from the Welsh Portrait Collection at the National Library of Wales. Depicted person: Revd. James Hervey, A.M
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