THOMAS, NATHANIEL (born 1730), editor
Date of birth: 1730
Parent: John Thomas
Gender: Male
Occupation: editor
Area of activity: Literature and Writing; Printing and Publishing
Author: John James Jones
son of John Thomas of Glamorgan. He matriculated from Jesus College, Oxford, 11 April 1747, at the age of 16, under the name Nathan Thomas. Foster (Alumni Oxonienses) does not say whether he graduated, but Welsh biographers give him the degree of B.A. He became the editor and proprietor of the St. James's Chronicle, London. He also edited an abridgement of Ainsworth's Latin dictionary in 1758, and corrected another edition of the same work in 1761. In 1768 he published an edition of Eutropius with translation and notes.
Author
- John James Jones, (1892 - 1957)
- Foster, Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford
- T. R. Roberts, Eminent Welshmen: a short biographical dictionary of Welshmen... from the earliest times to the present (1908)
- Y Brython (1862)
- Cymru yn hanesyddol, parthedegol, a bywgraphyddol (1875)
- Geirlyfr Bywgraffiadol o Enwogion Cymru (1870)
- British Museum. Catalogue of Printed Books (1882)
Sources
- Wikipedia Article: Nathaniel Thomas
Further Reading
- Wikidata: Q6969893
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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