John Gorton (died 1835) was an English writer, known as a compiler of reference works.
His works include:
* A translation of
Voltaire
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's ''
Dictionnaire Philosophique'', 1824;
* ''
A General Biographical Dictionary'' (2 vols. 1828, with an appendix, 1830), new edition, with a supplement by
Cyrus Redding, bringing the work as far as 1850, in 4 vols. 1851);
* ''A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland'', with Irish and Welsh articles by
G. N. Wright, and maps by S. Hall, 3 vols. 1831–3, first published in separate parts;
* A poem in
blank verse
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, ''Tubal to Seba, the Negro Suicide'', 1797; and
* A pamphlet entitled ‘A Solution of that great Scriptural Difficulty the Genealogy of Jesus … with a treatise on the Fall of Adam.’
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Year of birth missing
1835 deaths
English writers
English male writers