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Richard Mackenzie Bacon (1775–1844) was an English Whig journalist, musician, and miscellaneous writer. ==Life== He was born at Norwich in or about 1775, and educated at the free school there. He became connected with the ''Norwich Mercury'', one of the leading provincial Whig newspapers. opinion, in his eighteenth year. From 1816, when he took over from his father, until his death, he was engaged in editing it, as principal proprietor. He corresponded with the radical Edward Harbord, 3rd Baron Suffield.〔(''Richard Mackenzie Bacon: correspondence and papers'' )〕 In 1831 he wrote an open letter supporting a reform bill,〔(historyofparliamentonline.org, ''Norwich Borough 1820–1832''. )〕 but he opposed dividing the Norfolk constituency.〔(historyofparliamentonline.org, ''Norfolk County 1820–1832''. )〕 Bacon began as a printer. In partnership with John Gilbert and Francis Noverre (his brother-in-law)〔(norwichearlydance.org.uk, ''Francis Noverre arrives in Norwich''. )〕 from 1807, he installed a Fourdrinier machine to make paper at Taverham mill. The venture was unsuccessful, and the partnership was dissolved in 1812.〔(''Taverham Mill''. )〕 In 1813 Bacon and Bryan Donkin obtained a patent for improvements in printing, from types, from blocks, or plates. In the ''Norwich Mercury'' of 30 November 1814 is a prospectus of Bacon's printing machine, with an account of the progress it had then made. The invention was praised in the article "Printing" in ''Rees's Cyclopædia'' (1819).〔〔"A patent has recently been obtained by Messrs. Bacon and Donkin for a machine which they publicly exhibited before the university of Cambridge, and they are now making one for printing bibles and prayer-books at the university. We have examined their machine at work,. and found it to display so much mechanical ingenuity, and to produce such beautiful specimens of printing, with a rapidity un-equalled by any other means, that we have made a drawing of it."〕 Bacon was also the proprietor and projector of the ''Quarterly Musical Magazine and Review'', which he began to publish in London in 1818, and continued to edit to 1828.〔(ripm.org, ''The Quarterly Musical Review''. )〕 It was mainly owing to his efforts that the Norwich Musical Festival was established. William Chappell remarked on his knowledge of traditional songs.〔 Bacon died at Costessey, near Norwich, 27 November 1844.〔 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「Richard Mackenzie Bacon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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