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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 114 times, but was not at home (N) 9 times, and was a venue (V) 54 times.
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3 December 1795 15 December 1795 (V)
4 January 1796 (V) 15 February 1796 (V) 9 March 1796 (V) 10 March 1796 (V) 11 March 1796 1 May 1796 (V) 4 May 1796 (V) 5 May 1796 14 June 1796 (V) 16 June 1796 (V) 4 August 1796 (V) 4 August 1796 7 August 1796 25 August 1796 (V) 4 September 1796 7 October 1796 2 November 1796 (V) 28 November 1796 (NV)
25 February 1797 (V) 23 March 1797 2 April 1797 20 April 1797 (V) 24 April 1797 26 April 1797 30 April 1797 13 May 1797 19 May 1797 (V) 19 May 1797 26 May 1797 1 June 1797 25 June 1797 5 July 1797 1 August 1797 3 September 1797 (NV) 8 September 1797 13 September 1797 (N) 31 October 1797 (V) 1 November 1797 6 December 1797 (V) 16 December 1797 17 December 1797 19 December 1797 (V)
23 January 1798 25 January 1798 4 February 1798 14 February 1798 (V) 18 February 1798 2 April 1798 (V) 5 April 1798 (V) 15 April 1798 (V) 23 April 1798 13 May 1798 (V) 6 June 1798 (N) 20 June 1798 (V) 14 December 1798 (V)
3 February 1799 17 February 1799 5 March 1799 (V) 16 March 1799 16 April 1799 (NV) 12 May 1799 (V) 20 May 1799 19 June 1799 (V) 17 July 1799 (V) 30 July 1799 31 July 1799 31 July 1799 (V) 20 December 1799 (V) 23 December 1799 (V)
17 January 1800 (V) 21 February 1800 (V) 12 March 1800 (V) 3 April 1800 (V) 28 April 1800 1 May 1800 (V) 2 May 1800 16 May 1800 (V) 17 May 1800 19 May 1800 (NV) 22 May 1800 22 May 1800 (NV) 26 May 1800 (V) 29 May 1800 (V) 30 May 1800 (V) 3 June 1800 (V) 5 June 1800 (V) 7 June 1800 (V) 11 June 1800 (V) 26 June 1800 (V)
9 January 1801 (V) 27 April 1801 11 May 1801 (NV)
22 February 1802 8 March 1802 15 March 1802 3 May 1802 1 July 1802
29 January 1803 23 February 1803 28 September 1803 29 September 1803 1 October 1803 7 October 1803
30 April 1804 18 July 1804 13 November 1804 24 November 1804 (NV)
11 January 1805 29 April 1805 6 September 1805
See DNB.
The painter John Opie (who was rumoured to have been courting Mary Wollstonecraft before her relationship with Godwin – see St Clair, p. 163 and 173) married Amelia Alderson, the novelist, poet and daughter of a Norwich doctor, in 1798. Godwin had contact with both Amelia and John (who painted Wollstonecraft’s portrait in 1797 where she is seen pregnant with Mary). Entries with ‘Opie’ have been coded as John, whereas the ‘Opies’ after marriage are taken to include both John and Amelia. A A, Mes Opie, etc have been coded as Amelia.
Godwin records his death.
Opie appears in the 1796 lists under 1795 which accords with his first appearance in the diary - the only previous reference is 'see Opie's pictures' back in 1788.
This table lists the people this person is most frequently noted with in the diary.
| Name | Number of Meetings |
|---|---|
| Alderson, Amelia (Opie) | 30 |
| Holcroft, Thomas | 12 |
| Taylor, John | 9 |
| Northcote, James | 9 |
| Wolcot, Dr John (pseudonym Peter Pindar) | 8 |
| Shee, Sir Martin Archer | 6 |
| Hoare, Prince | 6 |
| Wollstonecraft, Mary (Godwin) | 6 |
| Batty, Robert | 5 |
| Banks, Thomas | 5 |
| Fuseli, Henry (Johann Heinrich Füssli) | 5 |
| Holcroft, Louisa (née Mercier) | 5 |
| Boaden, James | 5 |
| Lawrence, Sir Thomas | 4 |
| Bannister, John | 4 |
| Chalmers, Alexander | 4 |
| Este, Reverend Charles | 4 |
| Perry, James (Pirie) | 4 |
| Montagu, Basil | 4 |
| Alderson, Dr James | 4 |
| Carlisle, Sir Anthony | 3 |
| Plumptre, Annabella (Bell) | 3 |
| King, John (Jacob Rey) | 3 |
| Tobin, James Webbe | 3 |
| Webb, | 3 |
| Nicholson, William | 3 |
| Fell, Ralph | 2 |
| Northmore, Thomas | 2 |
| Sharp, | 2 |
| 2 | |
| Smirke, | 2 |
| Fenwick, John | 2 |
| Barry, James | 2 |
| Bourgeois, Peter Francis | 2 |
| Hays, Mary | 2 |
| Tuthill, Sir George Leman | 2 |
| Johnson, Joseph | 2 |
| Stoddart, John | 2 |
| Banks, John Cleaver | 2 |
| Dealtry, Peregrine (Perry) | 2 |
| Scott, Thomas Hobbes | 2 |
| Dyer, George | 2 |
| Chandler, John Westbrooke | 2 |
| Dawe, George | 2 |
| Plumptre, Anne | 2 |
| Cooper, Elizabeth Priscilla | 2 |
| Parry, | 2 |
| Godwin, Mary Jane (Clairmont) (née de Vial) | 2 |
| Perry, Anne (née Hull) | 1 |
| Hazlitt, William | 1 |
| Robinson, Henry Crabb | 1 |
| Dawe, Mary Margaret (Wright) | 1 |
| Boddington, John | 1 |
| Manning, Thomas | 1 |
| Holcroft, Ann (Harwood) | 1 |
| Holcroft, Sophia (Cole) | 1 |
| Cartwright, John | 1 |
| Hollis, Thomas Brand | 1 |
| Morton, Thomas | 1 |
| Turner, Sharon | 1 |
| Fenwick, Elizabeth (Eliza) (née Jaco, pseudonym Reverend David Blair) | 1 |
| Phillips, Sir Richard (Philip Richards) | 1 |
| Cartwright, Major John | 1 |
| Bampfylde, Sir Charles Warwick | 1 |
| 1 | |
| Gilpin, William | 1 |
| Reynolds, Samuel William | 1 |
| Smith, John | 1 |
| Westall, Richard | 1 |
| Hudson, John Corrie | 1 |
| Turner, Joseph Mallord William | 1 |
| West, Benjamin | 1 |
| Nollekens, Joseph | 1 |
| Flaxman, John | 1 |
| Fillingham, William | 1 |
| Taylor, William | 1 |
| Walker, Adam | 1 |
| Malthus, Rev Thomas Robert | 1 |
| Clementi, Muzio | 1 |
| Foulkes, John | 1 |
| Aikin, John | 1 |
| Carey, Henry Thomas (eighth Viscount Falkland) | 1 |
| Walker, Thomas | 1 |
| Williams, Edward (Iolo Morganwg) | 1 |
| Richter, Henry James | 1 |
| Ritson, Joseph | 1 |
| Twiss, Francis | 1 |
| Powell, James | 1 |
| Barry, Major Henry | 1 |
| O'Connor, Arthur (Conner) (Condorcet-O'Connor) | 1 |
| Mackintosh, Sir James (of Kyllachy) | 1 |
| Parr, Samuel | 1 |
| Cooper, Thomas (Abthorpe) | 1 |
| Combe, William (Combes) | 1 |
| Blake, Arthur | 1 |
| Parry, Charles Henry | 1 |
| Parry, Dr Caleb Hillier | 1 |
| Marshall, James | 1 |
| Dyson, George | 1 |
| Smith, Charlotte (née Turner) | 1 |
| Maitland, James (eighth earl of Lauderdale) | 1 |
| Wordsworth, William | 1 |
| Woodhouse, Robert | 1 |
| Harvey, Thomas | 1 |
| Wedgwood, Thomas | 1 |
| Wedgwood, Josiah (jr.) | 1 |
| Pratt, Samuel Jackson (pseudonym Courtney Melmoth) | 1 |
| Jerningham, | 1 |
| Francis, Sir Philip | 1 |
| Robinson, Mary (née Darby, Perdita, Polly Derby) | 1 |
| de Talleyrand-Périgord, Archambeau | 1 |
| Kentish, John | 1 |
| Hanger, George (Baron Coleraine) | 1 |
| MacDonnell, D. E. | 1 |
| Henderson, Sir John | 1 |
| Staunton, Sir George | 1 |
| 1 | |
| Wray, Sir Cecil | 1 |
| Quick, John | 1 |
| Lewis, | 1 |
| Kinnaird, Lord George | 1 |
| Siddons, Sarah (née Kemble) | 1 |
| Hayward, Richard | 1 |
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