CORNWALL

DING 2013: “Born in Falmouth, Co., he first ran a bookshop and then became a landscape painter, travelling through Scandinavia and Russia. He became an expert in oriental languages. He finally settled in Bristol where he devoted himself to literature, especially poetry. He wrote two Cornish dialogues in 1787 and 1798 which where later re-edited with variations. The first one by Rev. Richard Polwhele and John Ayrton Paris and the second one just by Rev. Polwhele.”

Works

“A Cornish Dialogue between Grace Penwear and Mary Treviskey.” 28th July 1787. Daily Universal Register. SC.

“A Cornish Dialogue between Grace Penwear and Mary Treviskey.” 1806. Rev. R. Polwhele. The Language, Literature and Literary Characters of Cornwall: with Illustrations from Devonshire. London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies: 24-25. SC.

“A Cornish Dialogue between Grace Penwear and Mary Treviskey.” Rept. in John Ayrton Paris. 1824. A Guide to the Mount’s Bay and the Land’s End; comprehending the topography, botany, agricultyre, fisheries, antiquities, mining, mineralogy and geology of western Cornwall. To which is added ... a dialogue on the peculiar advantages of the climates of Penzance, Devonshire, and the southern parts of Europe. London: W. Phillips:266-269. SC.

“Cornish Dialogue between Two Old Men”. 1806. Rev. R. Polwhele. The Language, Literature and Literary Characters of Cornwall: with Illustrations from Devonshire. London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies: 24-25.

Not in KingKong Project

For further information about his life and works, see:

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Fox,_Charles_%281749-1809%29_%28DNB00%29

http://spenserians.cath.vt.edu/AuthorRecord.php?&method=GET&recordid=33228

http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/charles-fox-3629396-details.aspx?intObjectID=3629396

http://www.worldcat.org/title/charles-fox-two-letter-fragments-als-nd/oclc/215388180

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