Vol. VIII (ff. 157). Miscellaneous papers. Included are :-A memoir of Rev. T. Twining by R. Twining I, printed with minor alterations in A Country Clergyman (f. 1) ; an epitaph by Dr. S. Parr printed ib., copy (f. 10) ; an obituary notice by Dr. Burn... Unspecified

Napoléon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821

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Napoleon Bonaparte was a general of the French Revolution (1789-1799); the ruler of France as First Consul of the French Republic from November 11, 1799, to May 18, 1804; Emperor of the French and King of Italy under the name Napoleon I from May 18,1804, to April 6,1814; and briefly restored as Emperor from March 20 to June 22, 1815. He conquered much of Europe but lost two-thirds of his army in a disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812. After his final loss to Britain and Prussia at the Battle of...

Twining, Daniel, Rector of Therfield, county Hertfordshire

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Charles I, of England

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Smythies, J-R-, Reverend; Master of St. Mary Magdalen Hospital, Colchester

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Army of England (active 0601-1999)

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Gray, Thomas

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Thomas Gray (1716-1771), poet, was born in Cornwall on 26 December 1716. He attended Eton, before entering Peterhouse, Cambridge, in 1734. He left the university without a degree in 1738, but after a tour on the continent, he returned to Peterhouse in 1742, and proceeded LL.B. in 1743. Gray remained in Cambridge for the rest of his life. In 1768 he became professor of history and modern languages at the university. He died on 30 July 1771. From the guide to the Thomas Gray: Catalogue...

Burney, Charles

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Parr, Samuel, 1747-1825

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Samuel Parr was a Latin scholar and schoolmaster, educated at Cambridge. He served as perpetual curate in Warwickshire and during that time established a school in Stanmore, served as headmaster of Colchester and Norwich Schools, wrote essays and sermons with strong and often controversial leanings, and amassed a library of more than 10,000 books. He was a friend of Joseph Priestley and wrote the Latin epitaph for Samuel Johnson in St. Paul's. From the description of Samuel Parr lett...

Freeman

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Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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Twining II, Richard, tea merchant; son of R Twining I

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Hayley, William, 1745-1820

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English poet and biographer of Cowper. From the description of Transcript of William Cowper's poem To Giovanni Battista Manso, Marquis of Villa, undated [ca. 1803?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 750522032 From the description of From manuscripts in Cowper's hand : transcripts of poems, undated [ca. 1798-1820]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 750468911 William Hayley was an English writer, best known as the friend and biographer of William Cowper. Hayley won the fame...

Hey, Richard, LLD, Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge

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Twining, Thomas B.

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Twining III, Richard, tea merchant; son of R Twining II

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Twining I, Richard, tea merchant

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