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Thomas Tyrwhitt

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Thomas Tyrwhitt , 1730-86, English scholar. He was noted for his studies of Shakespeare (1766) and for his edition of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (5 vol., 1775-78). Tyrwhitt revealed in 1777 that the "Rowley Poems" were not actually Middle English poems, but a fabrication by young Thomas Chatterton. ... Read more

Tyrwhitt, Thomas
The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature

Tyrwhitt, Thomas (1730–86), is remembered partly for his edition and exposure of Chatterton's Rowley poems which he published in 1777 and in an appendix in 1778 stated authoritatively that they were modern, not ancient, a view he elaborated in his Vindication (1782). His Observations ...

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A Dictionary of Superstitions

CLOCK stops at moment of death 1820 Memorandum from Mr Vulliamy, the King's Clockmaker ( N & Q 3rd ser. VI 519) On Sunday morning, the 29th Jan. 1820, Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt, Black Rod, called at Mr Vulliamy's … and said, the Lords were summoned for one o'clock, and he desired some ...

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