Robert Sanders (writer)

Robert Sanders (1727–1783), pseudonym Nathaniel Spencer, was a Scottish hack writer in London.

Life

The son of Thomas Sanders, he was born at Breadalbane, Scotland, and was apprenticed to a comb-maker. He taught himself some Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, and taught in schools in the north of England.[1]

About 1760 Sanders came to London, and took to hack writing. A begging letter of 1768 mentions a wife and five young children. He haunted the London coffee-houses: the New England, St. Paul's, and New Slaughter's.[1]

Sanders was a self-created LL.D., who quarreled with booksellers and patrons. He died of a pulmonary disorder, on 24 March 1783.[1]

Works

Compilations by Sanders included:[1]

He left a chronological work unfinished.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5  Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). "Sanders, Robert". Dictionary of National Biography 50. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). "Sanders, Robert". Dictionary of National Biography 50. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 

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