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Life
1732-1807; b. England, lived as actor, Dublin 1758-62 and 1767; quitted stage, 1768; taught in Kensington, 1769-71; travelling lecturer; convert to Roman Catholicism; projected his pronouncing dictionary, 1774, and published it as Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, Rules Addressed to
Citizens of Scotland, Ireland and London (1791); also wrote text-books and English grammar; encouraged by Dr. Johnson and Edmund Burke, et al. ODNB
Works
Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, Rules Addressed to Citizens of Scotland, Ireland and London for avoiding their respective peculiarities, new
edn., revised by Rev. John Davis (Belfast: n.d.), 633pp.
References
Belfast Central Library holds Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, Rules Addressed to Citizens of Scotland, Ireland and London for avoiding their Respective Peculiarities, revised by Rev. John Davis (Belfast [n.d.]), 633pp,
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