See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• HAWKINS, CAESAR HENRY (1798-1884)
• HAWKINS, or HAWKYNS, SIR JOHN (1532-1595)
• HAWKINS, or HAWKYNS, SIR RICHARD (c. 1562-1622)
• SIR JOHN HAWKINS (1719-1789)

HAWKINS (1719-1789)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English writer on See also:

• MUSIC

music, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 3oth of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1719, in See also:

• LONDON

London, the son of an architect who destined him for his own profession . Ultimately, however, See also:

• HAWKINS, CAESAR HENRY (1798-1884)
• HAWKINS, or HAWKYNS, SIR JOHN (1532-1595)
• HAWKINS, or HAWKYNS, SIR RICHARD (c. 1562-1622)
• HAWKINS, SIR JOHN (1719-1789)

Hawkins took to the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, devoting his leisure See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours to his favourite study of music . A wealthy See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage in 1753 enabled him to indulge his See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

passion for acquiring rare See also:

• WORKS

works of music, and he bought, for example, the collection formed by Dr See also:

• PEPUSCH, JOHN CHRISTOPHER (1667-1752)

Pepusch, and subsequently presented by Hawkins to the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum . It was on such materials that Hawkins founded his celebrated See also:

• WORK

work on the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• HISTORY

History of the See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

Science and graduated at the university of his native See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state in 1815. and Practice of Music, in 5 vols . (republished in 2 vols., 1876) . It was brought out in 1776, the same See also:

• YEAR

year which witnessed the See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of the first See also:

• VOLUME

volume of See also:

• BURNEY, CHARLES (1726-1814)

Burney's work on the same subject . The relative merits of the two works were eagerly discussed by contemporary critics . Burney no doubt is in-finitely See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior as a See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, and his work accordingly comes much nearer the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of a systematic See also:

• TREATISE

treatise on the subject than Hawkins's, which is essentially a collection of rare and valuable pieces of music with a more or less continuous commentary . But by rescuing these from oblivion Hawkins has given a permanent value to his work . Of Hawkins's literary efforts apart from music it will be sufficient to mention his occasional contributions to the See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

Gentleman's See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine, his edition (176o) of the See also:

• COMPLETE

Complete See also:

• ANGLER

Angler (1787) and his See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography of Dr See also:

• JOHNSON, ANDREW
• JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
• JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
• JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
• JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
• JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
• JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
• JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
• JOHNSON, THOMAS

Johnson, with whom he was intimately acquainted . He was one of the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original members of the See also:

• IVY (A.S. ifig, Ger. Epheu, perhaps connected with apium, anent)

Ivy See also:

• LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876)
• LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814–1866)

Lane See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

Club, and ultimately became one of Dr Johnson's executors . If there were any doubt as to his intimacy with Johnson, it would be settled by the slighting way in which See also:

• BOSWELL, JAMES (1740-1795)

Boswell refers to him .

Speaking of the Ivy Lane Club, he mentions amongst the members " Mr See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Hawkins, an See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney," and adds the following footnote, which at the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time may serve as a See also:

• SUMMARY

summary of the remaining facts of Hawkins's See also:

• LIFE

life: " He was for several years chairman of the See also:

• MIDDLESEX
• MIDDLESEX, LIONEL CRANFIELD, 1ST EARL OF (1575-1645)

Middlesex justices, and upon presenting an address to the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king accepted the usual offer of See also:

• KNIGHTHOOD

knighthood (1772) . He is the author of a History of Music in five volumes in See also:

• QUARTO

quarto . By assiduous attendance upon Johnson in his last illness he obtained the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of one of his executors—in consequence of which the booksellers of London employed him to publish an edition of Dr Johnson's works and to write his life." See also:

• SIR

Sir John Hawkins died on the 21st of May 1789, and was buried in the cloisters of See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey .