Francis Thackeray
Francis Thackeray (1793–1842) was a Church of England clergyman and author.
Thackeray was the sixth son of William Makepeace Thackeray (1749-1813), and uncle to William Makepeace Thackeray the novelist. Educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge,[1] he was curate of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire. Macaulay criticized his History of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham for its uncritical praise of Pitt.[2]
Works
- A defence of the clergy of the Church of England, 1822
- A history of the Right Honourable William Pitt, earl of Chatham, 1827
- Order against anarchy, 1831. A reply to Thomas Paine's Rights of Man
- Researches into the ecclesiastical and political state of ancient Britain under the Roman emperors, 1843
References
- ↑ "Thackeray, Francis (THKY810F)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ↑ Macaulay, Edinburgh Review, Jan. 1834, pp. 508-544
- E. I. Carlyle, ‘Thackeray, Francis (1793–1842)’, rev. Myfanwy Lloyd, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 20 Dec 2007
External links
- Works by or about Francis Thackeray in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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