What is Gentleman's Magazine?
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Gentleman's Magazine is a magazine that was founded in 1731. At first it aimed to reproduce news, essays and articles
from other journals and news-sheets. Gradually it began to include its own
material, including literary criticism, essays and parliamentary reports
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The early editions, up to and including 1869, are interesting for family historians
because they contain details of many births, marriages and deaths and
often other biographical details and news items about individuals
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There is also a great deal of information of interest to local
historians, such as articles, prints illustrating contemporary buildings, a
register of current publications and much more
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For examples of articles and
obituaries from The Gentleman's Magazine click here
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One of the regular contributors to the magazine was Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784),
writer of the famous work 'A dictionary of the English language', published in
1755. He submitted essays, poems, biographies and reviews. He was a friend of
the magazine's founder, Edward Cave, and helped him to run it
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Edward Cave is credited as being the
first person to use the term 'magazine' for this genre of publication
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The Gentleman's Magazine was published monthly until it ceased
publication in 1914
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