John Dart (died 1730) was an English lawyer and cleric, known as an antiquary and man of letters. John Dart Faber

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

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. 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

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, 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.

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Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Dart, John Year of birth missing 1730 deaths English lawyers 18th-century English Anglican priests English antiquarians