William Godwin's Diary

Colburn, Henry

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 150 times, but was not at home (N) 31 times, and was a venue (V) 71 times.

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1808

11  October  1808

1810

9  June  1810 (V)

1811

15  October  1811

1814

2  February  1814

1816

10  June  1816 (V)

1819

6  April  1819

1821

6  June  1821 1  November  1821 8  November  1821 22  November  1821 26  November  1821 21  December  1821 (V)

1822

15  January  1822 16  January  1822

1823

31  January  1823 26  March  1823 27  March  1823 (V) 1  April  1823 9  April  1823 5  May  1823 19  May  1823 (V) 2  June  1823 (V) 24  June  1823 3  November  1823 (V) 20  November  1823 27  November  1823 16  December  1823 23  December  1823 (V)

1824

19  January  1824 13  February  1824 20  February  1824 (V) 24  February  1824 26  February  1824 1  March  1824 3  March  1824 6  March  1824 6  April  1824 8  April  1824 10  April  1824 15  October  1824 (N) 19  October  1824 (N) 21  October  1824 (V) 24  November  1824 (V)

1825

29  July  1825 30  July  1825 1  August  1825 18  November  1825 2  December  1825 5  December  1825 (V)

1826

2  January  1826 (V) 14  January  1826 6  February  1826 (V) 17  March  1826 (V) 10  April  1826 9  August  1826 26  September  1826 27  September  1826 24  October  1826 (NV) 25  October  1826 (V) 9  November  1826 (NV)

1827

12  February  1827 (V) 16  February  1827 (NV) 9  March  1827 (V) 16  April  1827 (V) 7  July  1827 11  July  1827 (NV) 12  July  1827 13  July  1827 14  July  1827 (V) 14  July  1827 14  July  1827 24  July  1827 (N) 25  July  1827 27  July  1827 (V) 3  August  1827 (V) 31  December  1827 (V)

1828

7  January  1828 (V) 23  April  1828 (NV) 29  April  1828 (V) 3  July  1828 (V) 3  July  1828 (V) 22  July  1828 (NV) 23  July  1828 (V) 27  July  1828 20  September  1828 (NV) 27  September  1828 7  October  1828 11  October  1828 15  October  1828 21  October  1828 22  October  1828 1  November  1828 (NV) 3  November  1828 (V) 10  November  1828 (V) 15  November  1828 (V) 22  November  1828 24  November  1828 (NV) 26  November  1828 (V) 29  November  1828 (V) 10  December  1828 (NV) 16  December  1828 (NV)

1829

4  February  1829 (NV) 5  February  1829 (NV) 7  February  1829 (V) 3  June  1829 (NV) 4  June  1829 (NV) 8  June  1829 (V) 20  August  1829 (NV) 21  August  1829 (NV) 22  August  1829 (V) 24  August  1829 26  August  1829 (NV) 27  August  1829 23  November  1829 25  November  1829 3  December  1829 8  December  1829 23  December  1829 (NV) 27  December  1829 (NV)

1830

2  January  1830 (V) 30  January  1830 14  February  1830 27  February  1830 (NV) 1  April  1830 5  May  1830 7  May  1830 17  May  1830 20  May  1830 (NV) 24  May  1830 28  May  1830 (NV) 13  August  1830 7  December  1830

1831

9  March  1831 (V) 10  April  1831 (V) 13  April  1831 24  April  1831 (NV) 24  April  1831 (V) 26  April  1831 (V)

1832

22  August  1832 (V) 23  August  1832 (NV) 24  August  1832 26  August  1832 28  August  1832 29  August  1832 5  September  1832 (NV) 2  December  1832 (NV) 2  December  1832 9  December  1832 (N) 10  December  1832 (V)

1833

12  January  1833 (V)

  • Name: Colburn, Henry
  • Gender: Male
  • Death Date: 16  August  1855
  • Occupation: publisher

Colburn began his publishing career at the English and Foreign Circulating Library, London in 1806. He concentrated on fiction and also published much material in French. In 1814 he founded the New Monthly Magazine and Universal Register with Frederic Shoberl which became the New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal in 1821 under the stewardship of Thomas Campbell. In 1829 he began a partnership with Richard Bentley and the Colburn and Bentley's Standard Novels series was started - a series which offered cheap reprints of contemporary fiction. Under this imprint, Godwin's Caleb Williams, St Leon, and Fleetwood were reissued.

  • MS. Abinger c. 19, fol. 114: 27 September 1826
  • MS. Abinger c. 13, fols. 81-2: 1 September 1829
  • MS. Abinger c. 20, fols. 14-15: 27 July 1828
  • MS. Abinger c. 20, fol. 16: 23 November 1829
  • MS. Abinger c. 20, fol. 17: 8 December 1829
  • MS. Abinger c. 20, fol. 18: 14 February 1830
  • MS. Abinger c. 20, fol. 22: 28 May 1830
  • MS. Abinger c. 20, fol. 42r 13: April 1831
  • MS. Abinger c. 20, fol. 58: 28 August 1832
  • DNB

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

Name Number of Meetings
Marshall, James 2
Godwin, Mary Jane (Clairmont) (née de Vial) 1
Hazlitt, William 1
Hazlitt, Sarah (née Stoddart) 1
Taylor, John 1
Bentley, Richard 1