| LC control no. | n 50044112 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Mason, William, 1725-1797 |
| Variant(s) | Mason, W. (William), 1725-1797 Mason, Mr., 1725-1797 Mason, Sig., 1725-1797 Masson, M., 1725-1797 W. M. (William Mason), 1725-1797 M., W. (William Mason), 1725-1797 Macgreggor, Malcolm, 1725-1797 M'Greggor, Malcolm, 1725-1797 Author of Elfrida, 1725-1797 Elfrida, Author of, 1725-1797 Author of The heroic epistle to Sir William Chambers, 1725-1797 Heroic epistle to Sir William Chambers, Author of the, 1725-1797 |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Birth date | 1725-02-12 |
| Death date | 1797-04-05 |
| Place of birth | Hull (England) |
| Place of death | Aston (South Yorkshire, England) |
| Field of activity | Preaching Pastoral care Gardens--Design |
| Affiliation | University of Cambridge |
| Profession or occupation | Clergy Chaplains Poets |
| Found in | Musaeus, 1748 : t.p. (by Mr. Mason) OCLC data base, 2/15/91 (hdg.: Mason, William, 1725-1797; usage: William Mason; W. Mason; Mr. Mason; Sig. Mason; M. Masson; W.M.; Malcolm Macgreggor; Malcolm M'Greggor, Esq.; Author of Elfrida; Author of The heroic epistle to Sir William Chambers) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online, viewed 27 July 2017 (Mason, William; 1725-1797; poet and garden designer; born on 12 February 1725 at Kingston upon Hull; Mason was admitted to St John's College, Cambridge on 1 July 1742; he graduated BA in 1746, MA in 1749 at Pembroke College, and was a fellow of the latter college from 1749 to 1759; Mason was ordained deacon on 17 November 1754 in St Margaret's, Westminster, made a priest a week later, and was then presented on 27 November 1754 to the living of Aston, West Riding of Yorkshire, where he remained rector for forty-three years; he was made a royal chaplain in 1757, relinquishing the post in 1772; his most significant post was as precentor of York Minster, held for thirty-five years from 1762; Mason did not have a unified identity, the highly respected author of odes, etc. was at the same time the subversive satirist Malcolm MacGreggor; Mason frequented the estates of his friends and designed several flower gardens for them; Mason died on 5 April 1797 at his rectory in Aston) |
| Associated language | eng |
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