About George Mason
Lived 1735 – 1806 (aged 70–71). George Mason was a British writer and bibliophile.
George Mason (1735 – 1806) was an English writer and book collector.
Life Mason was born in 1735 as the eldest son of John Mason (d. 1750), distiller, of Deptford Bridge. Later in life, having inherited ample means, he was enabled to collect some of the scarcest books in Greek, Latin, and English literature.
His main works are An Essay on Design in Gardening (1768) and A Supplement to Johnson's English Dictionary (1801).
Mason died unmarried at Aldenham Lodge, Hertfordshire on 4 Nov. 1806.
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English writer and book collector
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George Mason was born in 1735 in Hertfordshire.
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George Mason was a writer and bibliophile.
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