Nathan Drake

Background

Nathan Drake was born on the 15th of January, 1766 in York, United Kingdom, the son of Nathan Drake.

Education

Drake was apprenticed to a doctor in York in 1780, and in 1786 proceeded to Edinburgh University, where he took his degree as Doctor of Medicine

Career

In 1790 Nathan Drake set up as a general practitioner at Sudbury, Suffolk, where he found an intimate friend in Doctor Mason Good (d 1827). In 1792, Drake relocated to Hadleigh, where he died in 1836.

Achievements

• Nathan Drake was well known for his book summarizing the knowledge of Shakespeare available at the time. He had an important medical work "On the Use of Digitalis in Consumption" (five papers published in the Medical and Physical Journal, London, 1799-1800). His "Literary Hours" (1798) were exceedingly popular early in the nineteenth century.

Works

• book

  • Shakespeare Sic and His Times: Including the Biography of the Poet; Criticism On His Genius and Writings; a New Chronology of His Plays; a ... Customs, Amusements, Superstitions, Poetr

Connections

Father:

Nathan Drake

Friend:

Dr. Mason Good