John Duncombe (writer)
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John Duncombe (29 September 1729 - 19 January 1786) was an English clergyman and writer.
Duncombe was born in London, educated in Essex and studied at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he became a fellow. He married the poet Susanna Highmore. He contributed to the Gentleman's Magazine under the pseudonym Crito, was a well-known poet, and wrote in 1754 a celebration of British women poets, the Feminead. He died and was buried at Canterbury.
[edit] References
- M. John Cardwell, ‘Duncombe, John (1729–1786)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 12 Feb 2007.
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