Author: Masters, Martin Kedgwin
Biography:
MASTERS, Martin Kedgwin (fl 1807-1835)
Shoberl calls him "a surgeon and apothecary at Watford." The son of Elizabeth and Martin Masters, he was baptised at Maidstone, Kent, in 1770. By his first wife Anne (surname unknown) he had at least one child, born in 1805 at Watford. With his second wife Mary Ann Priest (1823) he had at least six children. His one volume of verse and one play (a comedy, Lost and Found), were moderately successful. (Shoberl; ancenstry.com 18 Mar. 2020; edpopehistory.co.uk 1 May 2025; information from David Radcliffe) HJ
Books written (3):
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807
Boston: Oliver and Munroe, 1808
2nd edn. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811