hundred copies, of which seventy only were for sale. In 1837 Dunkin removed to Dartford, where three years previously he had commenced to build himself a large printing establishment. Shortly afterwards he opened a branch business at Gravesend. In 1844 he published his ‘History and Antiquities of Dartford with Topographical Notices of the Neighbourhood,’ 8vo, London, Dartford [printed]. Thenceforward he occupied himself in arranging the materials he had accumulated for the histories of Oxfordshire and Kent. He died on 22 Dec. 1846, and by his desire was buried on the eastern side of the lichgate of St. Edmund's cemetery, Dartford, as near as possible to the burying-ground of Noviomagus, which he had described in his last work. A brass was erected to his memory in that part of Dartford parish church which is now occupied by the organ (Dartford Chronicle, 8 Feb. 1879). In 1807 he married Anne Chapman Chapman, the daughter of William Chapman of Lincolnshire, a well-known civil engineer, by whom he left issue a son, Alfred John [q. v.], and a daughter, Ellen Elizabeth. His widow survived him nineteen years, dying at Dartford on 12 March 1865, aged 77 (Gent. Mag. 3rd ser. xviii. 533). Dunkin was an original member of the British Archæological Association.
[Gent. Mag. new ser. xxvii. 320–2 (with a portrait).]
DUNKIN, WILLIAM, D.D. (1709?–1765), poet, was left in early life to the charge of Trinity College, Dublin, by an aunt who bequeathed her property to the college with the condition that it should provide for his education and advancement in life. He took his B.A. degree in 1729, D.D. in 1744. As a young man he had a reputation for foolish acts and clever poems. One of these poems, ‘Bettesworth's Exultation,’ written in 1733, may be found among Swift's poems. Some time after this Dunkin was introduced to Swift, who became at once a very valuable patron to him. His ordination by the Archbishop of Cashel in 1735 and the increase of the annuity which he received from Trinity College from 70l. to 100l. in 1736 were both due to Swift's intercession, which caused his marriage and other imprudent acts to be overlooked. In 1739 Swift made a strenuous attempt to procure the living of Coleraine for him, but in this he was not successful. At that time Dunkin was keeping a school at Dublin, and in August 1746 Chesterfield, with whom he had some intimacy, appointed him to the mastership of Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, which he held till his death on 24 Nov. 1765. Swift speaks of him as ‘a gentleman of much wit and the best English as well as Latin poet in this kingdom’ (Letter to Ald. Barber, 17 Jan. 1737–8). Deane Swift, writing of the ‘Vindication of the Libel,’ a poem attributed to Jonathan Swift, says ‘that poem was, I know, written by my very worthy friend Dr. Dunkin, with whom I have spent many a jovial evening; he was a man of genuine true wit and a delightful companion’ (Nichols, Illustr. v. 384). Besides the two poems already mentioned Dunkin wrote: ‘Techrethyrambeia sive poëma in P. Murphorum Trin. Coll. subjanitorem,’ Dublin, 1730; a translation of ‘Techrethyrambeia,’ Dublin, 1730 (also published as an appendix to Delany's ‘Tribune,’ 1730); ‘Carbery Rocks’ (the English version of ‘Carberiæ Rupes’), published among Swift's poems; ‘The Lover's Web,’ Dublin, 1734; ‘Epistola ad Franciscum Bindonem arm., cui adjiciuntur quatuor Odæ,’ Dublin, 1741; ‘Hymen's Triumph,’ a poem in the ‘Gentleman's Magazine’ for 1743 (xiii. 268); a prologue at the opening of a Dublin hospital, in the ‘Gentleman's Magazine’ for 1745 (xv. 269); ‘Bœotia, a poem,’ Dublin, 1747; ‘The Bramin, an eclogue to Edm. Nugent, esq.,’ London, 1751 (Nugent was apparently an old pupil); ‘An Ode on the death of Frederick, P. of Wales, with remarks by P. H. M. D.,’ Dublin, 1752; ‘An Epistle to the Rt. Hon. Philip, Earl of Chesterfield,’ Dublin, 1760; ‘The Poet's Prayer,’ a poem in the ‘Annual Register’ for 1774 (vol. xvii. pt. ii. p. 223); ‘Select Poetical Works,’ Dublin, 1769–70; ‘Poetical Works,’ to which are added his ‘Epistles to the Earl of Chesterfield,’ Dublin, 1774, 2 vols.
[Swift's Correspondence and the notes thereto in Scott's edition; Dublin University Catalogue of Graduates; manuscript records at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen; deaths in Gent. Mag. for December 1765 (xxxv. 590); Brit. Mus. Cat. of Printed Books; Nichols's Lit. Anecd. i. 427.]
DUNLOP, ALEXANDER (1684–1747), Greek scholar, eldest son of William Dunlop [q. v.], principal of Glasgow University, born in Carolina in 1684, was appointed professor of Greek in the university of Glasgow about 1706. He published in 1736 a Greek grammar, which for many years was in general use in Scottish schools. In consequence of failing sight he resigned his chair in 1742 on the terms that his salary and house should be secured to him during life. His successor, Dr. James Moor, was appointed on 9 July 1742. Dunlop died on 27 April 1747.
[Glasgow Journal, 27 April 1747; Notices and Documents illustrative of the Literary History of Glasgow (Maitland Club), p. 128.]
