John Duncombe (writer)

This article is about the clergyman and poet. For the county historian of Herefordshire, see John Duncumb.

John Duncombe (29 September 1729 – 19 January 1786) was an English clergyman and writer.

He studied at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he became a fellow.[1] He contributed to the Gentleman's Magazine under the pseudonym Crito, was a well-known poet, and wrote in 1754 a celebration of British women poets, The Feminead. He was married to the poet Susanna Duncombe (née Highmore).

  1. ^ "Duncombe, John (DNCM745J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.