John Dauncey

John Dancey or Dauncy () was an English author and translator.

Identity Dauncey is usually described as 'Gent.' on his title-pages. John Dancer is often erroneously credited with his publications.Stephen, ed. 1888, p. 97.

Works Dauncey wrote a history of Charles II from the death of his father, 1660, dedicated to the Marquis of Dorchester; a life of Queen Henrietta Maria, 1660; and A Compendious Chronicle of the Kingdom of Portugal, 1661. He translated Péréfixe's Histoire de Henri le Grand in 1663, and published in the same year a broad-sheet in verse, entitled Work for Cooper, an attack on a Presbyterian pamphleteer.

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Langbaine, Gerard (1691). "John DANCER, alias DAUNCY". In An Account of the English Dramatick Poets. Oxford: Printed by L.L. for George West and Henry Clements. Wright, Stephen (2004). "Dauncey, John (fl. 1660–1663), author and translator". In Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press.

External links

Ockerbloom, John Mark, ed. "Dauncey, John, fl. 1663". The Online Books Page. Retrieved 10 April 2022.