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published in 1773. His work became popular for its descriptions of Italy. It was favourably reviewed, and so well received by the reading public, that it went through seven or eight editions in England in his lifetime, and was also translated into French and German. In Italy, nine years after its
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in 1773, as 'a Gentleman of good Character, well versed in several Branches of Natural Knowledge, and already known by two Papers of Experiments upon Electricity, published in the Transactions'. His nominees included
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and some other gentlemen. In 1767 or 1768, soon after his return from Switzerland, he went abroad again with Beckford and two others as travelling preceptor. In 1770, he made a tour with these gentlemen through
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A Tour through Sicily and Malta, in a Series of Letters to William Beckford, Esq., of Somerly in Suffolk,
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Letters to serve as Supplement to the Voyage in Sicily and Malta of Mr. Brydone.
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A tour through Sicily and Malta in a series of letters to William Beckford
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This article about a Scottish writer, poet or playwright is a
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Turner, Katherine (2004). "Brydone, Patrick (1736–1818)".
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Comptroller of the Stamp Office
Coldingham
Berwickshire
Church of Scotland minister
St. Andrews University
bearleader
William Beckford
Sicily
Malta
Count Borch
Fellow of the Royal Society
John Pringle
Benjamin Franklin
John Hunter
Thomas Dundas
Richard Huck
Royal Society of Edinburgh
Stamp Office
Inland Revenue
Berwickshire
Prof William Robertson
2nd Earl of Minto
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"Past Fellows"

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