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Matthew Concanen (1701 – 22 January 1749)〔(1812 Chalmers’ Biography / C / Matthew Concanen (?–1749) (vol. 10, p. 134) )〕 was a writer, poet and lawyer born in Ireland. ==Life== He studied law in Ireland but travelled to London as a young man, and began writing political pamphlets in support of the Whig government. He also wrote for newspapers including the ''London Journal'' and ''The Speculatist''. He published a volume of poems, some of which were original works and some translations. He wrote a dramatic comedy, ''Wexford Wells''. A collection of his essays from ''The Speculatist'' was published in 1732. His skills attracted the attention of the Whig statesman Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle. In June 1732 the Duke appointed him attorney-general of Jamaica.〔James Sambrook, ‘Concanen, Matthew (1701–1749)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004〕 He held the post for over sixteen years. While in Jamaica, Concanen married the daughter of a local planter. After his tenure in Jamaica was completed, he returned to London, intending to retire to Ireland, but died of a fever in London shortly after his return.〔David Erskine Baker, in ''Companion to the Play-House'' (1764) 2: Sig. G5v.〕 He criticised Alexander Pope and was rewarded with a passage in Pope's ''Dunciad'' ridiculing him as "A cold, long-winded native of the deep" (Dunciad, ii. 299-304). There is also well-known letter about him written by William Warburton, who comments on how Concanen helped him. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Matthew Concanen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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