Samuel Madden (1686-1765) was an
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author. His works include
Themistocles; The Lover of His Country,
Reflections and Resolutions Proper for the Gentlemen of Ireland, and
Memoirs of the Twentieth Century.
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wrote of him, "His was a name which Ireland ought to honour." He co-founded the
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in 1731 and donated a grant to
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- the source of his nickname Premium.
Rev. Samuel Madden, D.D., commonly called "Premium" Madden, was born on December 23, 1686, in
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,
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.
Samuel Madden (1686-1765) was an
IrishIreland is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islets. To the east of Ireland, separated by the Irish Sea, is the island of Great Britain...
author. His works include
Themistocles; The Lover of His Country,
Reflections and Resolutions Proper for the Gentlemen of Ireland, and
Memoirs of the Twentieth Century.
Dr. Samuel JohnsonSamuel Johnson , often referred to as Dr. Johnson, was an English author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, novelist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican and political conservative, and has been...
wrote of him, "His was a name which Ireland ought to honour." He co-founded the
Royal Dublin SocietyThe Royal Dublin Society was founded on 25 June 1731 to "to promote and develop agriculture, arts, industry, and science in Ireland". The RDS is synonymous with its main premises in Ballsbridge in Dublin...
in 1731 and donated a grant to
Trinity College, DublinTrinity College Dublin , corporately designated as the Provost, Fellows and Scholars of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I as the "mother of a university", and is the only constituent college of...
- the source of his nickname Premium.
Biography
Rev. Samuel Madden, D.D., commonly called "Premium" Madden, was born on December 23, 1686, in
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,
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. His father was John Madden, and his mother was Mary Molyneux.
In 1729, he wrote a tragedy entitled
Themistocles, the Lover of His Country.
In 1731, established premiums for learning at
Trinity College, DublinTrinity College Dublin , corporately designated as the Provost, Fellows and Scholars of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I as the "mother of a university", and is the only constituent college of...
(which led to his nickname) and, along with Thomas Prior, founded the
Royal Dublin SocietyThe Royal Dublin Society was founded on 25 June 1731 to "to promote and develop agriculture, arts, industry, and science in Ireland". The RDS is synonymous with its main premises in Ballsbridge in Dublin...
.
In 1733, he wrote
Memoirs of the Twentieth Century, one of the first
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novels. However, it was suppressed by
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, and is now very rare. The first version was last published by Garland Publishing in 1972 (ISBN 0824005708). The whole six version were intended to be published but they never were.
In 1738, he wrote his most famous work,
Reflections and Resolutions Proper for the Gentlemen of Ireland, in which he described the poor living conditions in
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at the time.
Samuel Madden died on December 31, 1765, at age 79.
Works
- Themistocles, The Lover of His Country. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal, in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields (1729)
- Memoirs of the twentieth century,: Being original letters of state under George the Sixth (1733)
- http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=212662946&searchurl=an%3DSamuel%2BMadden%26aid%3D9836638%26ph%3D2%26tn%3DReflections%2Band%2BResolutions%2Bproper%2Bfor%2Bthe%2BGentlemen%2Bof%2BIreland%26pid%3D1482094Reflections and Resolutions Proper for the Gentlemen of Ireland, as to their Conduct for the Service of their Country, as Landlords, as Masters of Families, as Protestants, as Descended from British Ancestors, as Country Gentlemen and Farmers, as Justices of the Peace, as Merchants, as Members of Parliament] (1738)
- The reign of George VI. 1900-1925;: A forecast written in the year 1763 (1763)
- A Proposal for the General Encouragement of Learning in Trinity College (publication unknown)
- Memoir of the life of the late Rev. Peter Roe: With copious extracts from his correspondence, diaries, and other remains (publication unknown)
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