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| − | (17**- | + | (17**-1869) English traveller, author and theatregoer. Born at Lisburn, Ireland in 1790. He entered the navy as a surgeon, served abroad and at home, became Deputy-Inspector of Hospitals in 1843, and was knighted in 1858. He was the author of several popular works: Voyage to the Indian Seas in 1810-11; Memoirs of Edmund Burke (1824); Life of Oliver Goldsmith (1836); Life of Edmond Malone (1860). His descriptions of his visit to the Cape Town includes descriptions of cultural life and the plays ''[[The Shipwreck]]'' (1810), |
F.C.L. Bosman (1928) used the [[Dutch]] translation of his book for his monumental study. | F.C.L. Bosman (1928) used the [[Dutch]] translation of his book for his monumental study. | ||
Revision as of 06:02, 9 August 2013
(17**-1869) English traveller, author and theatregoer. Born at Lisburn, Ireland in 1790. He entered the navy as a surgeon, served abroad and at home, became Deputy-Inspector of Hospitals in 1843, and was knighted in 1858. He was the author of several popular works: Voyage to the Indian Seas in 1810-11; Memoirs of Edmund Burke (1824); Life of Oliver Goldsmith (1836); Life of Edmond Malone (1860). His descriptions of his visit to the Cape Town includes descriptions of cultural life and the plays The Shipwreck (1810),
F.C.L. Bosman (1928) used the Dutch translation of his book for his monumental study.
Sources
Bosman, 1928: pp. 83, 130, 169, 170.
Abebooks catalogue (accessed 9 Aug 2013)[1]
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