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and Losh) presented him with an inkstand. Higgins wrote that Tweddell had written the inscription, and took the substantial piece of silver plate, to which many had subscribed, to Priestley with the other three; Higgins had met Tweddell at a "literary club" that year. In July 1794 Tweddell met Isabel
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Hesperia Supplements Vol. 5, Observations on the Hephaisteion (1941), pp. 1–171, at p. 21. Published by: The American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Stable URL:
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in 1792. He had acquired a Whig outlook at Parr's house. At that period Tweddell was involved in radical politics, writing to Parr about the formation of the
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The fate of John Tweddell's journals, paintings and possessions, in wartime conditions, led to a murky scandal fifteen years later.
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While engaged in his archæological work at Athens, Tweddell died of fever on 25 July 1799. He was buried at his own request in the
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characterises the group gathered there as "outspoken radicals", and Tweddell as a "fierce advocate" of reform. They included also
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with a companion named Webb. He then visited Germany, Switzerland, Russia, Poland, and the Middle East. He met on the way
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Cambridge in the Age of the Enlightenment: Science, Religion and Politics from the Restoration to the French Revolution
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Topographical Drawings in the British Museum Illustrating Classical Sites and Remains in Greece and Turkey
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Intending to become a diplomat, Tweddell started on a European tour in the autumn of 1795, going first to
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relating to the occasion when Tweddell was beaten into second place for a Cambridge medal by
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Reminiscences of the University, Town, and County of Cambridge: From the Year 1780
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Reminiscences of the University, Town, and County of Cambridge: From the Year 1780
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Reminiscences of the University, Town and County of Cambridge, from the Year 1780
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Reminiscences of the University, Town and County of Cambridge, from the Year 1780
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was later erected over his grave, with a Greek inscription written by the Rev.
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had brought him disillusion with his previous political hopes, as he wrote to
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The Nation, the Law, and the King: Reform Politics in England, 1789–1799
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The Nation, the Law, and the King: Reform Politics in England, 1789–1799
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The Nation, the Law, and the King: Reform Politics in England, 1789–1799
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on liberty in 1789. An earlier version contained also a swipe at
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An imperium magnum cum æquâ omnium Libertate constare possit?
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The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
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The son of Francis Tweddell, he was born on 1 June 1769 at
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and others, a block of marble from the bas-reliefs of the
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Tweddell took part in the tea party given by Frend for
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University Rebel: The Life of William Frend 1757–1841
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emigrated to America in 1793, Tweddell (with Frend,
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Threepwood
Hexham
Hartforth
Richmond, Yorkshire
Matthew Raine
Hatton, Warwickshire
Samuel Parr
Trinity College, Cambridge
Thomas Jones
Cambridge Senate House
Middle Temple
Society of the Friends of the People
Felix Vaughan
William Godwin
William Frend
James Losh
Joseph Priestley
Godfrey Higgins
Sir Robert Gunning, 1st Baronet
William Wordsworth
Jenny Uglow
George Dyer
Thomas Holcroft
Henry Gunning
French Revolution
Hamburg
Madame de Staël
Johann Kaspar Lavater
Jacques Necker

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