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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 44 times, but was not at home (N) 4 times, and was a venue (V) 6 times.
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13 May 1788 27 May 1788 15 July 1788 7 October 1788 21 October 1788
14 April 1789 28 April 1789 9 June 1789 14 July 1789 8 December 1789
19 January 1790 16 March 1790 18 April 1790 27 April 1790 18 May 1790 13 June 1790 29 June 1790 27 July 1790 16 November 1790
13 January 1793 10 February 1793 17 February 1793
10 August 1802 (NV) 10 December 1802
17 January 1803 27 July 1803 (NV) 13 October 1803
27 March 1805 12 June 1805 11 July 1805 (V) 13 July 1805 25 July 1805 30 July 1805 (NV) 1 August 1805 (V) 20 September 1805
3 March 1813 (N)
20 May 1818 23 November 1818 (V)
Joseph Planta, librarian at the British Museum, is identified by St Clair and can be confirmed by a letter from Godwin to Planta in the Abinger papers from 12 June 1805 'I take the liberty of addressing you on a question of some importance to me relative to the British Museum....'. Godwin wants to borrow books and have somewhere to work in the museum without the distractions of the public reading rooms. The letter makes no reference to their previous acquaintance, which was frequent until 1793 and resumed in 1802-3. The diary does confirm writing a letter to Planta on that date.
Godwin records his death in the diary.
This table lists the people this person is most frequently noted with in the diary.
| Name | Number of Meetings |
|---|---|
| Hollis, Timothy | 17 |
| Hollis, John | 10 |
| Towers, Joseph | 4 |
| Kippis, Andrew | 4 |
| Paradise, John | 4 |
| Lindsey, Theophilus | 3 |
| 3 | |
| Disney, John | 3 |
| Shore, Samuel | 3 |
| Gillies, John | 3 |
| Fraser, | 3 |
| Hollis, Thomas Brand | 2 |
| Price, Richard | 2 |
| Ingenhousz, Jan | 2 |
| Priestley, Joseph | 2 |
| Ellis, Sir Henry | 2 |
| Webb, Willis | 1 |
| Nollekens, Joseph | 1 |
| Lister, Dr William | 1 |
| Hamilton, Archibald | 1 |
| 1 | |
| Dyer, George | 1 |
| Wilson, | 1 |
| Damiani, F | 1 |
| Inchbald, Elizabeth | 1 |
| Smirke, | 1 |
| Topham, Edward | 1 |
| Este, Reverend Charles | 1 |
| Holroyd, John Baker (earl of Sheffield) | 1 |
| Jardine, Major Alexander | 1 |
| Thorkelin, Grímur Jónsson | 1 |
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