HAWKINS, Sir John, Kt.

Hawkins was much esteemed in his day, and was one of Dr. Johnson’s literary executors. His personal and forensic attributes have long since sunk into comparative insignificance, and by his musical abilities alone is he now known. He did much by the publication of his History to enlighten the English musical public on the past state of the art, and though its value is less owing to the lapse of time, it is still a standard text-book to the...