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Reconstructing the Library of Thomas Tyrwhitt (1730–1786)
An Oxford Bibliographical Society lecture.
Thomas Tyrwhitt (1730-1786) was educated at Eton and The Queen’s College, Oxford. He was a Fellow of Merton from 1755 to 1762. He held several subsequent posts in London, notably curator of the British Museum (appointed in 1784). He was a philologist and scholar of ancient and English literature. His edition of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales (1775) brought rigorous scholarly editing to this major text. On his death Tyrwhitt left a collection of some 900 rare books to the British Museum.
Date:
5 June 2019, 17:15
Venue:
T. S. Eliot Lecture Theatre
Speaker:
Tim Pye (National Trust)
Booking required?:
Not required
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Simon Cope
