author
John Huddlestone Wynne
1743–1788
An energetic 18th-century English writer and editor, he moved easily between poetry, fiction, history, children's literature, and magazine work. His career was busy and varied, ending with books for younger readers that helped keep his name in print.
1 Audiobook
Fables of Flowers for the Female Sex. With Zephyrus and Flora, a Vision
by John Huddlestone Wynne
About the author
Born in 1743, John Huddlestone Wynne was an English miscellaneous writer with a remarkably wide range. He studied for a time at St John's College, Cambridge, but left without taking a degree and began publishing in the 1760s. Over the years he wrote poems, novels, historical works, and educational books, showing the kind of versatility that was especially valuable in the lively print culture of 18th-century London.
Wynne was also involved in periodical publishing. He is noted as an early editor of The Lady's Magazine, one of the best-known British magazines of its era, and he edited other publications as well. Among his many works are A General History of the British Empire in America, the novel The Child of Chance, and the popular children's book Choice Emblems, along with Fables of Flowers.
Later accounts say he was badly injured in a coach accident in 1778 and afterward used a crutch. He died in 1788 at St Thomas's Hospital in Southwark. No suitable verified portrait image could be confirmed from the sources reviewed, so none is included here.