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Edward Purdon [Ned Purdon]
(1729-1767)

NAME AUTHORITIES:
LOC:    Purdon, Edward, 1729-1767
DNB:    Purdon, Edward (bap. 1729, d. 1767), writer
LBT ID: EdPurdo1767    VIAF ID: 9719832    LOC ID: nr93031958
B/BAP:   1729-09-17
DIED:   1767-03-27
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
A schoolmate of Oliver Goldsmith, he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin before becoming a writer in London; an epigram by Goldsmith made him a byeword for a “bookseller's hack.”
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