Authority Cited: Cave, Edward
Author name and dates: Edward Cave (1691-1754)
The paper held by Cave in the portrait, published in the February 1754 issue of the Gentleman's Magazine with SJ's Life of the late E. Cave, reads "Sylvanus Urban, St. John's Gate, London"
BKG Bio-tweet: Cobbler's son; printer; founded Gentleman's Magazine in 1731; Sylvanus Urban pen name; SJ a contributor/editor in 1740s
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: one Cave cite in the 1755 Dict. vol. 2.]
Author name and dates: Edward Cave (1691-1754)
The paper held by Cave in the portrait, published in the February 1754 issue of the Gentleman's Magazine with SJ's Life of the late E. Cave, reads "Sylvanus Urban, St. John's Gate, London"
BKG Bio-tweet: Cobbler's son; printer; founded Gentleman's Magazine in 1731; Sylvanus Urban pen name; SJ a contributor/editor in 1740s
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: one Cave cite in the 1755 Dict. vol. 2.]
- The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, Vol.XXIV. For the Year MDCCLIV. by Sylvanus Urban, Gent., London: Printed for D. Henry, and R. Cave, at St. John's Gate.; magazine sense 2.: Of late this word has signified a miscellaneous pamphlet, from a periodical miscellany named the Gentleman’s Magazine, by Edward Cave. [BKG Note: in the 1773 Dict. SJ adds "and published under the name of Sylvanus Urban"]
