William Godwin's Diary

Taylor, Arthur

  • Name: Taylor, Arthur
  • Gender: Male
  • Birth Date: 1790
  • Death Date:
  • Occupation: printer
  • Occupation: writer

Arthur Taylor was a printer and author of historical works. Along with his brother Richard, he published some of Godwin's works. He was the son of John and Susannah Taylor of Norwich who also appear in the diary.

He is usually recorded in the diary as 'A Taylor' and appears frequently with his siblings; see the discussion under John Taylor.

  • DNB.

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

Name Number of Meetings
Taylor, Richard 16
Taylor, Susannah (née Cook) 8
Taylor, Edward 3
Godwin, Mary Jane (Clairmont) (née de Vial) 2
Turner, Thomas 2
Mulready, William 2
Godwin, Nathaniel 1
Taylor, John 1
Austin, Sarah (née Taylor) 1
Marshall, James 1
Brown, William Cullen 1
Hogan, 1
Poole, John 1
O'Bryen, Dennis (O'Brien) 1
Reeve, Susan (née Taylor) 1
Dawe, George 1
Barbauld, Rochemont 1
Barbauld, Anna Letitia (née Aikin) 1
Dawe, Mary Margaret (Wright) 1
Taylor, John 1
Hudson, John Corrie 1

Taylor, Susannah (née Cook)

  • Name: Taylor, Susannah (née Cook)
  • Gender: Female
  • Birth Date: 29  March  1755
  • Death Date: 4  June  1823
  • Occupation: writer

Susannah was a prominent member of radical circles in Norwich. She was the wife of John Taylor of Norwich and mother of a number of children who also appear in the diary. She was a celebrated conversationalist and there is an account of her in Janet Ross’s 1888 Three Generations of Englishwomen.

Instances of 'Susan Taylor' and 'Mrs Taylor' have been identified as Susannah; please see discussion under John Taylor.

Godwin records her death.

  • MS. Abinger c. 12, fol. 20: 10 March 1818.
  • MS. Abinger c. 12, fols. 98-9: 9 March 1821.
  • David Chandler, Norwich Literature, 1788-97: A Critical Survey (unpub. Oxford D.Phil. thesis, 1997)
  • DNB.

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

Name Number of Meetings
Taylor, John 11
Taylor, Richard 10
Taylor, Arthur 8
Alderson, Dr James 3
Hogan, 2
Taylor, Edward 2
Pitchford, John 2
Barnard, Thomas 2
Taylor, William 1
Lofft, Capel 1
Hazlitt, Sarah (née Stoddart) 1
Payne, John Howard 1
Brown, William Cullen 1
Gurney, Bartlett 1
Marsh, Charles 1
Barbauld, Rochemont 1
Barbauld, Anna Letitia (née Aikin) 1
Merry, Robert 1
Enfield, Dr William 1
Dalrymple, William 1