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Thomas Tyrwhitt

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is credited with introducing Tyrwhitt in 1776 to George Catcott, the owner of the "manuscripts" of the poems. Initially Tyrwhitt was convinced that they were authentic, and pressed for publication in 1777. It was only when the third edition was published that Tyrwhitt changed his mind and pronounced
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by "Thomas Rowley" and others in the 15th century (1777–1778), with an appendix to prove that the poems were all the work of
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in which he modernized the language and provided extensive notes as well as a glossary.
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in 1755. In 1756, he was appointed under-secretary at war, in 1762 clerk of the
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from the original manuscript in the library of Queen's College, Oxford, and
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of the Appendix in reply to the arguments that they were authentic. While
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons, 1620–1621
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English writer, classical scholar, and critic (1730–1786)
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Thomas Tyrwhitt (MP)
Portrait of Thomas Tyrwhitt, 1788
London
London
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The Canterbury Tales
London
Eton College
Queen's College, Oxford
Merton College, Oxford
House of Commons
Fellow of the Royal Society
British Museum
Harleian
Aesop
Bodleian
Constantius
Aristotle
Thomas Burgess
bishop of Salisbury
Chaucer
Canterbury Tales
Bristol
Thomas Chatterton
Thomas Crofts
clerk of the House of Commons
Henry Elsynge
The Manner of Holding Parliaments in England
"Library and Archive Catalogue"

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