Townson, Robert

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call on Nicholson (Townson) 8.4.1799 / 8.8.1799, 9.8.1799, 10.8.1799 Godwin reads Townson

Robert Townson DNB 1762-1827 in London from 1797, published Travels in Hungary 1797, Philosophy of Mineralogy 1798, Tract's & observations in natural history & physiology & poor man's moralist 1798. The brackets suggest Godwin didn't meet Townson but talked about him with, or borrowed one of his books from William Nicholson