THE GENTLEMAN’S MAGAZINE
Feb 11, 2020
3 minutes
From the 1730s to the 1830s the Gentleman’s Magazine provides us with an excellent way of confirming the births, marriages and deaths of middle-class and aristocratic families. The title also offers a fascinating insight into the world of 200–250 years ago. It was the first journal to be recognisably a modern magazine with a variety of articles on different subjects.
The original intention of its founder, the journalist Edward Cave, was to summarise the daily and weekly newspapers circulating in London
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