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John Hawkesworth (c. 1715–1773)
Hawkesworth, John. A noted English miscellaneous writer; born in London about 1715; died on Nov. 16, 1773. He is best known as editor of the Adventurer, and as author of about half its contents. He wrote also an account of the voyages of Captain Cook, Byron, Wallis, and Carteret (3 vols., 1773); ‘Zimri’ (1760), an excellent oratorio; ‘Edgar and Emeline’ (1761), a drama; ‘Almoran and Hamet’ (1761), a tale; ‘Life of Swift’ (1765–66); etc.