William Godwin's Diary

Bonnycastle, John

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 149 times, but was not at home (N) 1 time, and was a venue (V) 5 times.

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1796

9  August  1796 16  August  1796

1797

1  August  1797

1798

6  February  1798 27  February  1798 14  August  1798 18  December  1798

1799

30  April  1799 11  June  1799 3  September  1799 15  October  1799 15  October  1799

1800

28  January  1800 15  April  1800 17  June  1800 2  December  1800

1801

17  February  1801 24  March  1801 21  April  1801 17  June  1801 15  July  1801 19  August  1801 16  September  1801 4  November  1801 2  December  1801

1802

27  January  1802 3  March  1802 14  April  1802 26  May  1802 16  August  1802 25  August  1802 20  October  1802 24  November  1802 29  December  1802

1803

16  March  1803 4  May  1803 15  June  1803 27  July  1803 7  September  1803 2  November  1803 7  December  1803

1804

7  March  1804 11  April  1804 7  May  1804 9  May  1804 30  May  1804 27  June  1804 1  August  1804 22  August  1804 19  September  1804 26  September  1804 3  October  1804 31  October  1804 21  November  1804 12  December  1804 19  December  1804

1805

16  January  1805 13  February  1805 20  March  1805 5  June  1805 17  July  1805 14  August  1805 18  September  1805 30  October  1805 27  November  1805

1806

8  January  1806 15  January  1806 11  June  1806 3  October  1806 24  October  1806 11  November  1806 9  December  1806

1807

20  January  1807 3  February  1807 17  March  1807 7  April  1807 12  May  1807 26  May  1807 9  June  1807 23  June  1807 10  July  1807 4  August  1807 11  September  1807 2  October  1807 23  October  1807 6  November  1807 20  November  1807 18  December  1807

1808

8  January  1808 7  August  1808 (V) 7  August  1808 12  August  1808 26  August  1808 27  August  1808 (N) 4  September  1808 4  September  1808 (V) 16  September  1808 16  September  1808 7  October  1808 21  October  1808 29  October  1808 18  November  1808 16  December  1808

1809

14  January  1809 20  January  1809 10  February  1809 3  March  1809 10  March  1809 7  April  1809 28  April  1809 29  April  1809 12  May  1809 9  June  1809 30  June  1809 8  July  1809 15  July  1809 21  July  1809 27  July  1809 30  July  1809 (V) 25  August  1809 22  September  1809 6  October  1809 7  October  1809 27  October  1809 24  November  1809 23  December  1809 29  December  1809 30  December  1809

1810

2  January  1810 (V) 5  January  1810 5  January  1810 19  January  1810 2  February  1810 23  February  1810 9  March  1810 13  April  1810 11  May  1810 8  June  1810 27  July  1810 28  September  1810 19  October  1810 14  December  1810

1811

11  January  1811 25  January  1811 26  April  1811

1812

22  December  1812

1817

13  August  1817

1819

20  September  1819 (V)

1821

15  May  1821

  • Name: Bonnycastle, John
  • Gender: Male
  • Death Date: 15  May  1821
  • Occupation: mathematician

Bonnycastle was a maths tutor, later professor, and frequent author of maths textbooks. He was a great friend of Henry Fuseli and Godwin knew him through Joseph Johnson's gatherings. He was the father of Charles Bonnycastle, the first professor of natural philosophy at the University of Virginia at its opening in 1825.

Godwin recorded his death.

  • DNB

This table lists the people this person is most frequently noted with in the diary.

Name Number of Meetings
Johnson, Joseph 106
Fuseli, Henry (Johann Heinrich Füssli) 106
Knowles, John 37
Hunter, Captain 11
Edgeworth, Richard Lovell 10
Lockhart, 9
Hewlett, Reverend John 9
Davy, Sir Humphry 8
Hollis, John 7
Chalmers, Alexander 6
Johnson, Joseph 6
Lindsay, Dr James 5
Moore, James (Carrick-Moore) 5
White, 4
Mullet, Thomas 4
Aikin, Arthur 3
Aikin, John 3
Joyce, Jeremiah 3
Godwin, Mary Jane (Clairmont) (née de Vial) 3
Malthus, Rev Thomas Robert 3
Henry, Thomas 2
Miles, John 2
Eaton, Daniel Isaac 2
Robinson, Henry Crabb 2
Belsham, Thomas 2
Turner, Thomas 2
Cartwright, John 2
Barlow, Joel 2
Barbauld, Anna Letitia (née Aikin) 2
Barbauld, Rochemont 2
Damiani, F 2
Gregory, George 1
Hunt, Leigh James Henry 1
Clementi, Muzio 1
Edgeworth, Maria 1
1
Northcote, James 1
Cooper, Thomas (Abthorpe) 1
Reid, William Hamilton 1
O'Bryen, Dennis (O'Brien) 1
Roscoe, William 1
Constable, Archibald 1
Miller, 1
Robinson, Anthony 1
Clairmont, Charles 1
Robinson, 1
Brown, William Cullen 1
Wollstonecraft, James 1
Wilson, 1
Tobin, James Webbe 1
Boswell, Sir Alexander (first baronet) 1
Lindsey, Theophilus 1
Sharp, Richard (Conversation Sharp) 1
Dyson, George 1
Woodhouse, Robert 1
Horne Tooke, John 1
Taylor, Richard 1
Bicheno, James 1
Houghton, Reverend Pendlebury 1
Mills, Alfred 1
Aikin, Charles Rochemont 1
Rowan, Archibald Hamilton 1
Mulready, William 1
Flather, John 1
Hazlitt, William 1