Nathaniel Thomas (writer)
Nathaniel Thomas (1730 – after 1768) was a Welsh writer and editor.
Life[]
Thomas, from Glamorgan in south Wales, studied at Jesus College, Oxford, matriculating there in 1747; the university records do not note the award of a degree but later biographers said that he had a Bachelor of Arts degree. He was the editor and proprietor of the in London, and edited an abridged version of Robert Ainsworth's Latin Dictionary (1758). In 1761, he published a corrected edition of the dictionary and in 1768 published an edition of works by Eutropius, together with a translation and notes.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jones, John James (1959). "Thomas, Nathaniel (b.1730), editor". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
Categories:
- 1730 births
- Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford
- 18th-century Welsh writers
- 18th-century British male writers
- Welsh editors