John Dart (died 1730) was an English lawyer and cleric, known as an antiquary and man of letters.
Life
Initially an attorney, but not successful in the profession, Dart obtained a title for
holy orders. In 1728, he was presented by the master of St. Cross Hospital, Winchester, to the perpetual curacy of
Yateley
Yateley () is a town and civil parish in the English county of Hampshire. It lies in the north-eastern corner of Hart District Council area. It includes the settlements of Frogmore and Darby Green to the east. It had a population of 21,011 at ...
,
Hampshire
Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English cities on its south coast, Southampton and Portsmouth, Hampshire ...
. He served the church from the neighbouring village of
Sandhurst,
Berkshire, where he died in December 1730, and was buried on the 20th at Yateley.
Works
Dart wrote:
* A modernised version of ''
The Complaint of the Black Knight'', London, 1718; it was at that time incorrectly attributed to
Geoffrey Chaucer.
* A ''Life'' of Chaucer prefixed to
John Urry's edition, London, 1721.
* A paraphrase of
Tibullus
Albius Tibullus ( BC19 BC) was a Latin poet and writer of elegies. His first and second books of poetry are extant; many other texts attributed to him are of questionable origins.
Little is known about the life of Tibullus. There are only a f ...
, London, 1720.
* ''Westminster Abbey, a poem'', London, 1721, later included in his ''Westmonasterium''.
* ''History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Canterbury'', London, 1726.
* ''Westmonasterium; or the History and Antiquities of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's, Westminster'', 2 vols. London, 1742.
Notes
Attribution
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dart, John
Year of birth missing
1730 deaths
English lawyers
18th-century English Anglican priests
English antiquarians