John Darwall [SEP] date of death
John Darwall
John Darwall (1731–1789) was an English clergyman and hymnodist.
Born in the village of Haughton in Staffordshire, Darwall was educated at Manchester Grammar School and at Brasenose College, Oxford (which he entered at the age of 14), graduating in 1756. He then became curate and later vicar of St Matthew's Parish in Walsall. In 1766 he married to Mary Whateley (1738–1825), his second wife, a published poet who ran a printing press and also wrote hymns. He died on 18
John Milton; German-language, Switzerland
Births.
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- February 9 "(bapt.)" – Mary Whateley (married name: Darwall) (died 1825), English poet and playwright
- May 9 – John Wolcot (died 1819), English satirist and poet
- May 27 – Moritz August von Thümmel (died 1817), German humorist and satirical author
- June 5 "(bapt.)"