Phanuel Bacon

British writer
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Quick Facts

IntroBritish writer
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain
wasWriter Playwright Poet Vicar
Work fieldFilm, TV, Stage & Radio Literature Religion
Gender
Male
Birth1 January 1699
Death1 January 1783 (aged 84 years)
The details

Biography

Phanuel Bacon DD (13 October 1700 – 10 January 1783) was an English playwright, poet and author. He was the son of the Rev. Phanuel Bacon, vicar of St Laurence's church, in Reading.

In his youth, Bacon attended Abingdon School and later entered St John's College, Oxford. He became vicar of Bramber, Sussex, and rector of Marsh Baldon, Oxfordshire. Among his works are The Kite (1722), The Moral Quack, The Insignificants, The Tryal of the Timekillers, The Occulist and The Taxes, all written in 1757.

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