Francis Coventry

Francis Coventry (1725 – 1754?) was an English cleric and novelist, best known for The History of Pompey the Little.

Life

A native of Cambridgeshire, he was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he proceeded B.A. 1748 and M.A. 1752.[1] He was appointed by his kinsman the Earl of Coventry to the perpetual curacy of Edgware, and died of smallpox at Whitchurch.[2]

Works

Illustration to Pompey the Little, by John June

Coventry was the author of:[2]

Notes

  1. "Coventry, Francis (CVNY744F)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. 1 2  Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). "Coventry, Francis". Dictionary of National Biography. 12. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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