Miscellany notebook, mainly containing summaries of Greek and Latin works by Aristotle, Cicero, Homer, and Hesiod, compiled by William Birch, with notes in English by Anthony Higgin ca.1550-1607
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Higgin, Anthony, d. 1624.
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Anthony Higgin (d. 1624), the son of Thomas Higgin of Manchester, was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, where he became a Fellow in 1574. In 1583 he became rector of Kirk Deighton near Wetherby in Yorkshire, and in 1608 he was appointed Dean of Ripon an appointment he held until his death. He collected books extensively throughout his life, and left them to the church at Ripon when he died. The surviving part of his collection, which numbers about 1250 volumes, is now preserved in Leeds ...
Birch, William, fl. 1560.
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William Birch, uncle of Anthony Higgin, Dean of Ripon (1608-24), was Warden of Manchester College in 1560 From the guide to the Miscellany notebook, mainly containing summaries of Greek and Latin works by Aristotle, Cicero, Homer, and Hesiod, compiled by William Birch, with notes in English by Anthony Higgin, ca.1550-1607, (GB 206 Leeds University Library) From the guide to the Miscellany notebook on theological subjects, including summaries of controversial works, compiled ...
