Phanuel Bacon (13 October 1700 – 10 January 1783) was an

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and

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. He was the son of the Phanuel Bacon,

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of St Laurence's church, in

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Life

In his youth, Bacon attended

John Roysse John Roysse (1500 or 1501–1571) was an English mercer and benefactor of Abingdon School in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. Personal life John Roysse was probably connected with the Roysse family of East Hagbourne but there are few records appertaining ...

's Free School in Abingdon (now

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), from 1712-1715 and later entered

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. He became vicar of Bramber,

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, and rector of

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Works

Among his works are *''The Kite'' (1722), An Heroi-comical Poem. In Three Canto's *''The Moral Quack'' (1757), A Dramatic Satire *''The Insignificants''(1757), A Comedy of Five Acts. *''The Tryal of the Timekillers'' (1757), A comedy of five acts *''The Occulist'' (1757), A Dramatic Entertainment of Two Acts *''The Taxes'' (1757), A Dramatick Entertainment *''The Snipe'' (1765), poem

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* 1700 births 1783 deaths 18th-century English Anglican priests English dramatists and playwrights 18th-century English poets Fellows of St John's College, Oxford People educated at Abingdon School writers from Reading, Berkshire People educated at Reading School English male dramatists and playwrights English male poets 18th-century English male writers People from Bramber {{England-writer-stub

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