History of the Worthies of England

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History of the Worthies of England

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Thomas Fuller
His History of the Worthies of England, published posthumously in 1662, was the first attempt at a dictionary of national biography. He was also a historian who gathered facts from original sources, producing works that provide much valuable antiquarian information. He acquired a reputation for quaintness…
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His History of the Worthies of England, published posthumously in 1662, was the first attempt at a dictionary of national biography. He was also a historian who gathered facts from original sources, producing works that provide much valuable antiquarian information. He acquired a reputation for quaintness…
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…Sculptors, and Architects, Thomas Fuller’s History of the Worthies of England in the 17th century, Samuel Johnson’s Lives of the English Poets in the 18th, and, in more recent times, the “psychographs” of the American Gamaliel Bradford (Damaged Souls, 1923), Lytton Strachey’s Eminent Victorians (1918) and the “profiles” that have…
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…Sculptors, and Architects, Thomas Fuller’s History of the Worthies of England in the 17th century, Samuel Johnson’s Lives of the English Poets in the 18th, and, in more recent times, the “psychographs” of the American Gamaliel Bradford (Damaged Souls, 1923), Lytton Strachey’s Eminent Victorians (1918) and the “profiles” that have…
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