Monthly Magazine (1796)
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The Monthly Magazine of London
"began publication in February 1796. Richard Phillips
... was the publisher and a contributor on political issues; the editor for the first 10 years was the literary Jack-of-all-trades, Dr. John Aiken
." Other contributors included William Blake
, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
, George Dyer, and Charles Lamb.
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
"began publication in February 1796. Richard Phillips
Sir Richard Phillips
Sir Richard Phillips was an English schoolteacher, author and publisher.Phillips was born in London. Following some political difficulties in Leicester where he was a schoolteacher and bookseller, he returned to London, established premises in Paternoster Row, St. Paul's Churchyard, and founded...
... was the publisher and a contributor on political issues; the editor for the first 10 years was the literary Jack-of-all-trades, Dr. John Aiken
John Aiken
Air Chief Marshal Sir John Alexander Carlisle Aiken KCB was Commander of British forces in Cyprus at the time of the Turkish invasion of the island in 1974.-RAF career:...
." Other contributors included William Blake
William Blake
William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age...
, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, Romantic, literary critic and philosopher who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. He is probably best known for his poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla...
, George Dyer, and Charles Lamb.
Further reading
- Monthly magazine, or, British register. London : Printed for R. Phillips, 1796-
- Ward and Waller, eds. Cambridge history of English literature, v.12. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1916