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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 33 times, and was a venue (V) 0 times.
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12 January 1796 27 June 1796 13 August 1796 30 August 1796 8 November 1796 27 December 1796
14 February 1797 4 March 1797 8 April 1797 26 August 1797
16 March 1799 20 May 1799 27 August 1799 5 November 1799
17 May 1800 20 May 1800 2 December 1800
The only other candidate for the entries to Chalmers from 1793-1815 is George Chalmers, who is a Tory political writer and unlikely to be Godwin's regular acquaintance. By contrast, the 31 entries can be linked to Alexander Chalmers by their strong book trade context. He enters the diary through George Robinson, often appearing at his dinners; he is also present at Joseph Johnson's and, perhaps most convincing, is 16.3.1799: 'dine at Perry's , w. Opies, Hts, S Cole, Villeneuves and Chalmers.' According to Alexander Chalmers's DNB entry, James Perry helped him in the early stages of his journalistic career. Curiously, however, Gowin's last two entries - in 1829 and 1834 are to Alex. Chalmers.
Godwin also records reading 'Chalmers on Shakespeare' in 1797 - Alexander Chalmers produced an edition of Shakespeare in 1805 which included some plates by Fuseli who is also inked to some of the meetings.
Godwin recorded his death.
This table lists the people this person is most frequently noted with in the diary.
| Name | Number of Meetings |
|---|---|
| Robinson, George | 14 |
| Johnson, Joseph | 8 |
| Bonnycastle, John | 6 |
| Fuseli, Henry (Johann Heinrich Füssli) | 6 |
| Holcroft, Thomas | 5 |
| Opie, John | 4 |
| Taylor, John | 3 |
| Wolcot, Dr John (pseudonym Peter Pindar) | 3 |
| Inchbald, Elizabeth | 3 |
| Lawrence, Sir Thomas | 3 |
| 3 | |
| Holcroft, Louisa (née Mercier) | 2 |
| Chandler, John Westbrooke | 2 |
| Este, Reverend Charles | 2 |
| Merry, Robert | 2 |
| Malthus, Rev Thomas Robert | 2 |
| Bannister, John | 2 |
| Banks, John Cleaver | 2 |
| Hollis, Thomas Brand | 1 |
| Cartwright, John | 1 |
| Edgeworth, Richard Lovell | 1 |
| Sharp, | 1 |
| Shee, Sir Martin Archer | 1 |
| Batty, Robert | 1 |
| Webb, | 1 |
| Boaden, James | 1 |
| Davy, Sir Humphry | 1 |
| Henry, Thomas | 1 |
| Horne Tooke, John | 1 |
| Aikin, John | 1 |
| Aikin, Arthur | 1 |
| Taylor, Richard | 1 |
| Kenney, James | 1 |
| Mercier, Charles André | 1 |
| Godwin, Mary Jane (Clairmont) (née de Vial) | 1 |
| Barry, James | 1 |
| Holcroft, Sophia (Cole) | 1 |
| Robinson, Anthony | 1 |
| Scott, Thomas Hobbes | 1 |
| Murphy, Arthur | 1 |
| Davis, | 1 |
| Shield, William | 1 |
| Dealtry, Peregrine (Perry) | 1 |
| Cooper, Thomas (Abthorpe) | 1 |
| Combe, William (Combes) | 1 |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| Carlisle, Sir Anthony | 1 |
| Wollstonecraft, Mary (Godwin) | 1 |
| Gregory, George | 1 |
| Parry, | 1 |
| Perry, James (Pirie) | 1 |
| Perry, Anne (née Hull) | 1 |
| Alderson, Amelia (Opie) | 1 |
| Blake, Arthur | 1 |
| Orme, Cosmo | 1 |
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