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WILLIAM COXE (1747-1828)

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 354 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WILLIAM See also:COXE (1747-1828)  , See also:English historian, son of Dr See also:William See also:Coxe, physician to the royal See also:household, was See also:born in See also:London on the 7th of See also:March 1747 . Educated at Marylebone See also:grammar school and at See also:Eton See also:College, he proceeded to See also:King's College, See also:Cambridge, and was elected a See also:fellow of this society in 1768 . In 1771 he took See also:holy orders, and afterwards visited many parts of See also:Europe as See also:tutor and travelling See also:companion to various noblemen and gentlemen . In 1786 he was appointed See also:vicar of See also:Kingston-on-See also:Thames, and in 1788 See also:rector of Bemerton, See also:Wiltshire . He also held the rectory of Stourton from 18o1 to 1811 and that of Fovant from 1811 until his See also:death . In 1791 he was made See also:prebendary of See also:Salisbury, and in 1804 See also:archdeacon of Wiltshire . He married in 1803 Eleanora, daughter of William See also:Shairp, See also:consul-See also:general for See also:Russia, and widow of See also:Thomas Yeldham of St See also:Peters-See also:burg . He died on the 8th of See also:June 1828 . During a See also:long See also:residence at Bemerton Coxe was mainly occupied in See also:literary See also:work . His See also:Memoirs of See also:Sir See also:Robert See also:Walpole (London, 1798), Memoirs of Horatio,See also:Lord Walpole (London, 1802), Memoirs of See also:John, See also:duke of See also:Marlborough (London, 1818–1819), Private and See also:Original See also:Correspondence of See also:Charles See also:Talbot, duke of See also:Shrewsbury (London, 1821), Memoirs of the Administrations of See also:Henry See also:Pelham (London, 1829), are very valuable for the See also:history of the 18th See also:century . His History of the See also:House of See also:Austria (London, 1807, new ed . 1853 and 1873), and Memoirs of the See also:Bourbon See also:Kings of See also:Spain (London, 1813), give See also:evidence of careful and painstaking work on the See also:part of the author .

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style, however, as in all his See also:works, is remarkably dull . His other works are mainly accounts of his travels: Sketches of the Natural, See also:Political and See also:Civil See also:State of See also:Switzerland (London, 1779), See also:Account of the See also:Russian Discoveries between See also:Asia and See also:America (London, 178o), Account of Prisons and Hospitals in Russia, See also:Sweden and See also:Denmark (London, 1781), Travels into See also:Poland, Russia, Sweden and Denmark (London, 1784), Travels in Switzerland (London, 1789), See also:Letter on See also:Secret Tribunals of See also:Westphalia (London, 1796), See also:Historical Tour in See also:Monmouthshire (London, 18oi) . He also edited See also:Gay's Fables, and wrote a See also:Life of John Gay (Salisbury, 1797), Anecdotes of G . F . See also:Handel and J . C . See also:Smith (London, 1798), and a few other works of See also:minor importance . Some of his books have been translated into See also:French, and several have gone through two or more See also:editions .

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