Francklin, Thomas, 1721-1784
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Francklin, Thomas, of Add MS 38728
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Francklin, Thomas, of Stowe MS 184
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Francklin, T. 1721-1784
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Earl of Warwick, Author of the, 1721-1784
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English miscellaneous writer.
Epithet: of Stowe MS 184
Dr. Thomas Francklin was the son of Richard Francklin, well known as the printer of an anti-ministerial paper called "The Craftsman," in the conduct of which he received great assistance from Lord Bolingbroke, Mr. Pulleney and others, who then opposed Sir Robert Walpole's measures. He was educated at Westminster School from whence he was elected to Trinity College Cambridge of which he became Fellow, and was for some time usher in the school where he was brought up. In 1750 he was chosen Greek Professor at Cambridge, and in 1757 was presented to the College livings of Ware and Thunderidge in Hertfordshire, and although his mind was more intent on the stage than the pulpit, he published a volume of sermons in 1765. In addition to his translation he wrote the Tragedy of the "Earl of Warwick," "Mary Queen of Scots" a tragedy still in MS and translations of several farces. He published an "Ode to the Institution of the Royal Academy" and had a share in the Critical Review. He died at his house in Gt. Queen's Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, March 15, 1784.
Thomas Francklin was an author, translator, and educator. He was educated at Trinity College, and became Professor of Greek at Cambridge until a dispute with the heads of the university compelled him to resign. He began writing and translating to satisfy his financial needs, and had success with several original plays and translations from the Greek. He later became professor of ancient history at the Royal Academy.
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