John Huckell (1729–1771), was an English poet. Huckell was the son of Thomas Huckell, burgess of

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. He was baptised there 29 December 1729. He studied at the grammar school of Stratford, matriculated at

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, on 8 April 1747, proceeded B.A. 11 March 1751, and 'was presented to the curacy of Hounslow, Middlesex, and the chapel standing on the confines of two parishes, Heston and

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.' He resided in the latter (preface to Avon), and on his death was buried there, 20 September 1771. Huckell wrote: *'Avon; a Poem, in three parts.' The first edition was published in 1758, 'being printed in quarto at Birmingham in an elegant manner by the celebrated Baskerville' (preface to Avon). A new edition was published at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1811. *'An Epistle to David Garrick, Esq., on his being presented with the Freedom of Stratford-upon-Avon; and on the Jubilee held there to the Memory of Shakespeare in September 1769 '''Gent. Mag.'' April 1813, p.357

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