Tyrwhitt

Tyrwhitt

Tyrwhitt (Thyrwhitt), Thomas, geb. 1721 in London, war 1757 Untersecretär des Kriegsdepartements, 1761–67 Secretär im Unterhaus, 1784 mit Crocherode Inspector des Britischen Museums u. st. 19. Aug. 1786; er schr.: De Babrio, Lond. 1776, Auctar. dazu 1781, n.A. von Harleß, Erl. 1785; Conjecturae in Strabonem, Lond. 1783, u.a. von Harleß, Erl. 1788; Conjecturae in tragicos graecos, Oxf. 1821; gab heraus: Fragmenta Plutarchi, Lond. 1773; Orpheus de lapidibus, ebd. 1781; Isäus Oratio ad Meneclem, ebd. 1785; Chaucers Canterbury tales, ebd. 1798, 2 Bde., u.m.a. Die Poems supposed to have been written at Bristol (Lond. 1778) begleitete er mit Einleitung u. Anmerkungen.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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