Benson E. Hill
Benson Earle Hill (c. 1795 – 1845) was a nineteenth century English writer, soldier and epicure. In addition to a number of stand alone works he was a contributor to The New Monthly Magazine.[1] He was a correspondent of Leigh Hunt and Charles Dickens.[2]
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| Born | 1795 |
| Died | 1845 (aged 49–50) |
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Bibliography
- Recollections of an artillery officer: including scenes and adventures in Ireland, America, Flanders and France (1836)
- A Pinch of Snuff: Composed of Curious Particulars and Original Anecdotes of Snuff Taking; ; as well as a review of snuff, snuff-boxes, snuff-shops, snuff-takers, and snuff-papers ; with the moral and physical effects of snuff (1840) as Pollexenes Digit Snift,[3] Dean of Brazen-Nose[4] London, Robert Tyas.
- The epicure's almanac; or, Diary of good living; containing a choice and original receipt or a valuable hint for every day in the year, London, How and Parsons, (1841)
- Playing about; or Theatrical anecdotes and adventures, with scenes of general nature, from the life; in England, Scotland, and Ireland, London, (1840)
References
- "The Irish Quaker". The New Monthly Magazine. E. W. Allen: 233–241. 1838.
- Graham, Storey; Tillotson, Kathleen; Easson, Angus (1993). The letters of Charles Dickens / Vol. 7, 1853-55. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198126182. OCLC 502161115.
- Joseph F. Clarke (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 152.
- Notes and Queries. Oxford University Press. 1852. p. 431.
- "Hill, Benson Earle". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/50452. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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