Robert Dodsley

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anthologist bookseller person playwright poet publisher writer

Robert Dodsley was an 18th-century English bookseller, publisher, and writer who played a key role in the literary culture of his time, notably supporting and publishing major authors such as Thomas Gray and Samuel Johnson.

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Label Occurrences
Robert Dodsley canonical 4
R. and J. Dodsley 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf anthologist ⓘ
bookseller ⓘ
person ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
basedIn London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
birthDate 1703-02-13 ⓘ
businessLocation Pall Mall, London ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 18th century ⓘ
compiled A Collection of Poems by Several Hands ⓘ
A Select Collection of Old Plays ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1764-09-23 ⓘ
employer Duke of Somerset ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
moral prose ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
name Robert Dodsley self-link ⓘ
notableWork A Collection of Poems by Several Hands ⓘ
A Select Collection of Old Plays ⓘ
The Economy of Human Life ⓘ
The King and the Miller of Mansfield ⓘ
The Toy-Shop ⓘ
occupation anthologist ⓘ
bookseller ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Mansfield ⓘ
Nottinghamshire ⓘ
placeOfDeath Durham ⓘ
positionHeld footman ⓘ
publisherOf Edward Young ⓘ
Mark Akenside ⓘ
Samuel Johnson ⓘ
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets ⓘ
surface form: Samuel Johnson's "London"

The Vanity of Human Wishes ⓘ
surface form: Samuel Johnson's "The Vanity of Human Wishes"

Thomas Gray ⓘ
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"
supportedAuthor Edward Young ⓘ
Mark Akenside ⓘ
Samuel Johnson ⓘ
Thomas Gray ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard → publisher → Robert Dodsley ⓘ
The Progress of Poesy → publisher → Robert Dodsley ⓘ
The Vanity of Human Wishes → publisher → Robert Dodsley ⓘ
Robert Dodsley → name → Robert Dodsley self-link ⓘ
Tristram Shandy → firstPublisher → Robert Dodsley ⓘ
this entity surface form: R. and J. Dodsley