The Life of Samuel Johnson - James Boswell [765]
Hawkins, Humphrey (1667–1741), usher of Lichfield School: 29
Hawkins, Revd William (1722–1801), writer and Church of England clergyman; professor of poetry at Pembroke College, Oxford (1751-6); one of the earliest Bampton lecturers; prodigious writer of sermons; author of the poem The Thimble (1743) and the plays Henry the Second (1749) and the Siege of Aleppo (1758), the latter being the origin of a feud with Garrick: 46, 614 n. a, 664 and n. a
Hawkins, Sir John (1719–89); music scholar and lawyer; became acquainted with S.J. as a contributor to the Gentleman’s Magazine; founder member of the Ivy Lane Club (1749) and of the Literary Club (1764); contributed notes to S.J.’s Shakespeare (1765); executor of S.J’s will; edited his Works and The Life of Samuel Johnson (both 1787); member of the Madrigal Society (1748–65); chairman of the Middlesex quarter sessions (1765–81); author of A General History of the Science and Practice of Music (5 vols., 1776): 19 and n. b, 20, 27 n. a, 29, 49 n. a, 74 n. a, 83, 88 andn. a, 94 n. a, 106n. b, 107 and n. a, 108 n. a, 114 and n. a, n6n. a, 128, 129,132andn. b, 157n. a, 167, 181 n. b, 182, 187n. b, 220, 251, 252, 269, 279 n. b, 286, 504, 505 n. a, 530 n. b, 648, 841 n. b, 902–4, 944 n. b, 950 and n. b, 970 and n. c, 973, 985, 988 n. a, 989 and n. a, 992 n. a, 999
Hay, Lord Charles (d. 1760), army officer; MP for Haddingtonshire (1741); captain of the ist foot guards (1743); distinguished himself at the battle of Fontenoy (1745); aide-de-camp to George II (1751); Major-General (1757); subject to a court martial, the result of which was not made public (1760); visited by S.J. for advice on his defence: 523, 774
Hay, Sir George (1715–78), judge and politician; friend of Garrick and Hogarth; MP for Stockbridge (1754); king’s Advocate General (1755-6); signed Admiral Byng’s death warrant (1757); a lord of the Admiralty (1756-7); judge of the prerogative court of Canterbury and chancellor of the diocese of Worcester (1764); judge of the High Court of the Admiralty (1773): 187
Hayes, Revd Samuel (c.1749-c. 1795), usher at Westminster School: 17, 621
Hayman, Francis (1708–76), painter, engraver and book illustrator; close friend of Hogarth; specialized in historical painting, canvases with theatrical subjects, and portraiture; illustrated Richardson’s Pamela (1742) and Hanmer’s Shakespeare (1743-4); involved in the foundation of the Society of Artists, later Becoming its president (1765-8): 143 n. b
Heath, James (1757–1834), engraver; produced plates for Bell’s edition of The Poets of Great Britain (109 vols., 1777–83); associate of the Royal Academy (1791); historical engraver to George III (1794); engraved the portrait of S.J. included in J.B.’s ijyoLife: 1000 n.c
Heberden, Dr William (1710–1801), physician; fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (1746); Goulstonian lecturer (1749); member of the Society of Antiquaries (1770); attended S.J. (from 1783); advised George III on his mental derangement (1788); author of Commentaries on the History and Cure of Diseases (published 1802): 429, 888, 889, 890, 907,958, 959,988, 989 n. a
Hector, Edmund (1708–94), surgeon; schoolmate of S.J. at Lichfield; his sister Anne was the subject of S.J.’s first love; lived with S.J. for a period in 1732–3; scribe for S.J.’s Travels in Abyssinia (1735); wrote to J.B. to express gratitude for the pleasure that his Life had afforded him: 26, 28, 30–32, 35 n. a, 36 n. b, 50–51, 54, 55 n. a, 56, 91 and n. a, 95, 507, 508, 510–11, 518, 839, 846, 913, 972–3 and n. a, 974, 989 n. a
Heely, Humphry (1714-c. 1796), husband of the following: 279, 970
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