William Godwin's Diary

Hayward, Abraham

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 9 times, but was not at home (N) 1 time, and was a venue (V) 1 time.

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1834

16  May  1834 30  May  1834 7  June  1834 13  June  1834 20  June  1834 (NV) 28  June  1834

1835

7  April  1835 25  May  1835

1836

29  January  1836

  • Name: Hayward, Abraham
  • Gender: Male
  • Birth Date: 22  November  1801
  • Death Date: 2  February  1884
  • Occupation: essayist
  • Occupation: translator

Hayward studied under Godwin's ex-friend Francis Twiss in Bath (1807-11) (Twiss had ceased contact after Godwin married Wollstonecraft). Hayward moved to London in 1824. He was called to the bar in 1832 and later translated Goethe's Faust, which won him some fame and the friendship of many literary luminaries.

  • MS. Abinger c. 15, fol. 7: 17 May
  • DNB

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

Name Number of Meetings
Babbage, Charles 1
Gaskell, Daniel (Gaskel) 1
Owen, Robert 1
Cruikshank, George 1
1
Knowles, John 1
Caunter, Reverend John Hobart 1
Cunningham, Allan (Hidallan) 1
Martin, John 1
Joseph, Samuel 1
Uwins, David 1
Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer (first Baron Lytton) 1
Bury, Lady Charlotte Susan Maria (née Campbell) 1
Sidney, Lady Sophia 1
Stepney, Lady Catherine (née Pollok) (Manners) 1
Smith, William 1
Stanhope, Leicester Fitzgerald Charles (fifth earl of Harrington) 1
Gaskell, Mary (Gaskel) 1