Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1957 (Accumulation)
- 1723 (Publication)
Level of description
Extent and medium
8vo, 1 volume
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
HILL, AARON, son of George Hill, Malmesbury, Wilts.; b. 10 Feb 1684/5; at school under Knipe (Cibber, Lives of the Poets, 1753, v, 253); earned additional pocket money by performing “the tasks of many who had not his capacity” (Cibber, op. cit. ); left at age 14; travelled in Near East 1700-3; travelling tutor with Sir William Wentworth, Bart., in Italy c. 1709; Master of the Stage, Drury Lane Theatre 1709; Manager of The Opera, Haymarket 1710; produced Rinaldo, the first of Handel’s operas to be performed in England, 1711; obtained patent for extracting oil from beechmast 1713, but this speculation failed; engaged in long controversy with Alexander Pope, and corresponded with Samuel Richardson; author of plays, operas, poems and pamphlets; his Works were published in four volumes, 1753, and his Dramatic Works in two volumes, 1760; m. 1710 Margaret, only dau. of Edmund Morris, Stratford, Essex; d. 8 Feb 1749/50. Buried West Cloister, Westminster Abbey. DNB.
Repository
Archival history
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Access to rare books is granted to bona-fide researchers, by prior appointment, in cases where the item in unavailable at another UK repository.
Conditions governing reproduction
A reprographics service is available to researchers subject to the access restrictions outlined above. Copying will not be undertaken if there is any risk of damage to the item. Copies are supplied in accordance with Westminster School's Policy on Archive and Heritage Collections, and under provisions of any relevant copyright legislation. Permission to reproduce images of items in the custody of Westminster School must be sought from its Governing Body.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Westminster School (Accumulator)
- Greene, Godfrey George Roundell, 1888-1956 (Accumulator)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin