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Peter Anthony Motteux
Peter Anthony Bois (25 February 1663 – 18 February 1718), born Pierre Antoine Motteux (), was an English author, playwright, and translator. Motteux was a significant figure in the evolution of English journalism in his era, as the publisher and editor of ''The Gentleman's Journal'', "the first English magazine,"〔Jackson, p. 215.〕 from 1692 to 1694.
==Life==
A native of Rouen, he was a French Huguenot who came to England in 1685 after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. At first he lived with his godfather, Paul Dominique, and made his living as an auctioneer; by 1706 he maintained a shop in Leadenhall Street, selling imports from China, Japan, and India, and (in his own words) "silks, lace, linens, pictures, and other goods." He also held a position with the Post Office in the first decade of the 18th century.
Among his miscellaneous works, ''A Poem in Praise of Tea'' (1701) is arguably the best known. Motteux's end was controversial, and may have constituted a case of autoerotic asphyxiation: "His death in a bawdy house was thought to be suspicious, and caused a good deal of legal disturbance."〔MacDonald, p. 272 n. 3.〕 Five people were tried for his murder, but were acquitted. He was survived by his widow Priscilla, two sons and a daughter.
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