John Scott of Amwell

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John Scott of Amwell was an 18th-century English Quaker poet and essayist known for his topographical verse and his landscaped estate featuring Scott’s Grotto in Hertfordshire.

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instanceOf English person
Quaker
essayist
human
poet
associatedWith English Quaker literary circles
associatedWithPlace Ware, Hertfordshire
birthDate 1730-01-09
birthPlace Stoke Newington
burialPlace Friends’ burial ground at Hertford
causeOfDeath asthma
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
deathDate 1783-12-12
deathPlace Amwell
describedBySource Dictionary of National Biography
educatedAt Quaker school in Stoke Newington
familyName Scott
father John Scott (father of John Scott of Amwell)
floruit 18th century
genre didactic poetry
topographical poetry
givenName John
hasCreated Scott’s Grotto
hasPartInCollection The Poetical Works of John Scott, Esq. of Amwell
influencedBy James Thomson
John Milton
knownFor Scott’s Grotto
landscaped estate at Amwell
topographical verse
languageOfWorkOrName English
literaryPeriod 18th-century English literature
mother Mary Scott
movement Quakerism
name John Scott of Amwell
notableFeature ornamental grotto decorated with shells and flints
notableWork Amwell
Critical Essays on Several English Poets
The Garden
occupation essayist
poet
religion Religious Society of Friends
residence Amwell, Hertfordshire
spouse Sarah Scott
style moral didacticism in verse
subjectOf Scott’s Grotto (heritage site descriptions)
linked to: Scott’s Grotto
theme rural landscape
virtue and morality
workLocation Hertfordshire
London
linked to: London, England

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Scott’s Grotto associatedWith John Scott of Amwell
John Scott of Amwell name John Scott of Amwell
John Scott of Amwell father John Scott (father of John Scott of Amwell)
linked to: John Scott of Amwell