Daniel Bellamy, the elder (born 1687) was an English miscellaneous writer. The son of Daniel Bellamy, scrivener of London, he was born in the parish of
St. Alartin's, Ironmonger's Lane, on 25 December 1687. He entered
Merchant Taylors' School on 12 March 1702, and matriculated as a commoner of
St. John's College, Oxford
St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded as a men's college in 1555, it has been coeducational since 1979.Communication from Michael Riordan, college archivist Its founder, Sir Thomas White, intended to pro ...
, on 4 March 1706. In consequence of a reverse of fortune he was forced to leave Oxford without taking a degree in 1709, and became a conveyancer's clerk.
Works
He was the author of:
* ''The Lord Mornay du Plessis Marly's Thoughts on the Trinity'' (1721).
* ''The Cambro-Britannic Engineer; or, The Original mouse-trapp-maker: a mock-heroic-poem in commemoration of St David's Day:
Translation of the 'Muscipula' of Edward Holdsworth' (1722).
* ''Love Triumphant; or, The Rival Goddesses: A pastoral opera ... To which are added, some poems and translations never before published'' (1722).
* ''The Young Ladies Miscellany; or, Youth's innocent and rational amusement, To which is prefixed, a short essay on the art of pronunciation, and the great advantage arising from an early practice of it in publick'' (1723; 2nd edition, 1726).
* ''Moral Tales adapted from Fénelon'' (1729).
* ''The Generous Mahometan''
novel(1730).
* ''Phædri Fabulæ Selectæ ... Fifty ... Fables of Phædrus, in Latin, French and English'' (1734).
* ''The Christian Schoolmaster'' (1736).
He also began a translation of
Bernard Picart
Bernard Picart or Picard (11 June 1673 – 8 May 1733), was a French draughtsman, engraver, and book illustrator in Amsterdam, who showed an interest in cultural and religious habits.
Life
Picart was born in rue Saint-Jacques, Paris as ...
's ''Ceremonies''. In some other works he was associated with his son
Daniel Bellamy, the younger
Daniel Bellamy, the younger (c. 1715 – 16 February 1788) was an English divine and miscellaneous writer.
Bellamy was the son of Daniel Bellamy, the elder. He was educated at St Paul's School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took the de ...
.
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English male non-fiction writers
1687 births
Alumni of St John's College, Oxford
Writers from London
Date of death unknown
Year of death unknown
18th-century deaths
18th-century English translators