Robert Goulbourne Parker collection, 1707-1777 (inclusive), 1707-1764 (bulk)

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Robert Goulbourne Parker collection, 1707-1777 (inclusive), 1707-1764 (bulk)

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Most of the collection relates at least tangentially to the village of Headley, in Hampshire, England. Another recurring thread is translation of Italian works. The collection includes multiple letters from author Giuseppe Baretti, as well as several letters relating to Algiers, and two letters from Thomas Shaw relating to his 1722 tour of the Middle East.

1 box (.1 linear ft.)

Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7801315

Houghton Library

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Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson (Houghton Library)

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Shaw, Thomas, 1694-1751

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Monkhouse, Thomas, [1726?]-1793,

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Parker, Robert Goulbourne, 1900-1979,

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This collection was formerly the property of Col. Robert Goulbourne Parker (1900-1979) of Browsholme Hall in Lancashire, England. George Holme attended Queen's College, Oxford, then served as chaplain to the English merchants at Algiers circa 1707 to 1709. From 1718 until his death in 1765, he served as the rector of Headley in Hampshire. Rev. Holme was succeeded briefly at Headley by Thomas Monkhouse (d. 1799), another graduate of Queen's College. Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti assisted William...

Holme, George, 1676?-1765,

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Baretti, Giuseppe, 1719-1789

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Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti (1719-1789) was a native of Turin, Italy. After beginning his literary career in Italy, he removed to London in 1751. There he served as an Italian language tutor, and soon became a member of Samuel Johnson's literary circle. After publishing A Dictionary of the English and Italian Languages (1760), he returned to Italy for five years, where he courted controversy with his literary periodical La Frusta Letteraria. He settled in London permanently in 1765. In 1769, ...