The Ivy Lane Club was a literary and social club founded by
Samuel Johnson
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in the 1740s. The club met in the King's Head, a beefsteak house in Ivy Lane,
Paternoster Row
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, near
St Paul's Cathedral
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,
London
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.
The members included Edmond Barker, doctor; Richard Bathurst, physician and surgeon;
Samuel Dyer
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, gentleman;
John Hawkesworth, author;
Sir John Hawkins, author; William McGhie, doctor; John Payne, bookseller (i.e. publisher); John Ryland, merchant; Dr Samuel Salter, Archdeacon of Norwich.
See also
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The Club
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Steak
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References
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Christopher Hibbert
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, ''The personal history of Samuel Johnson'' (1971)
1740s establishments in England
Literary societies
1740s in London
History of the City of London
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