Sir Brooke Boothby, 6th Baronet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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linguist, translator, poet
Date of Birth: 03-Jun-1744
Place of Birth: Ashbourne, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 23-Jan-1824
Profession: painter
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Sir Brooke Boothby, 6th Baronet
- Sir Brooke Boothby, 6th Baronet (3 June 1744 – 23 January 1824) was a linguist, translator, poet and landowner, based in Derbyshire, England.
- He was part of the intellectual and literary circle of Lichfield, which included Anna Seward and Erasmus Darwin.
- In 1766 he welcomed the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Ashbourne circles, after Rousseau's short stay in London with Hume.
- Ten years later, in 1776, Boothby visited Rousseau in Paris, and was given the manuscript of the first part of Rousseau's three-part autobiographic Confessions.
- Boothby translated the manuscript and published it in Lichfield in 1780 after the author's death, and donated the document to the British Library in 1781. The well-known portrait of Boothby by Joseph Wright of Derby, from 1781, shows him reclining in a wooded glade with a book carrying on its cover simply the name Rousseau, indicating Boothby's admiration and promotion of the writer and his work generally.Several portraits were also made of Boothby's daughter, Penelope — by Henry Fuseli and Joshua Reynolds and in sculpture by Thomas Banks.
- She died young, and was the subject of a book of poetry by her grieving father.
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| Description | British painter and engraver | ||
| Date of birth/death | 1752 | 2 March 1812 | |
| Location of birth/death | Derby | Doncaster | |
| Work location | London (1767–) | ||
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After Joshua Reynolds
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| Alternative names | Sir Joshua Reynolds | ||
| Description | British painter | ||
| Date of birth/death | 16 July 1723 | 23 February 1792 | |
| Location of birth/death | Plympton | London | |
| Work location | London, Plympton, Italy | ||
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