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John Timbs

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British journalist

Born 1801
Died 1875

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  • Cover of: Wonderful inventions: from the mariner's compass to the electric telegraph cable.

    First published in 1881 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Things Not Generally Known: Popular Errors Explained & Illustrated

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  • Cover of: Anecdote lives of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, and Edmund Burke
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  • Cover of: Anecdote Lives of the Later Wits and Humourists: Canning, Captain Morris, Curran, Coleridge, Lamb, Charles Mathews, Talleyrand, Jerrold, Rogers, Albert Smith, Hood, Maginn, Thackeray, Dickens, Poole, Leigh Hunt, Father Prout, etc; Volume 2

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  • Cover of: The romance of London: Historic sketches, remarkable duels, notorious highwaymen, rogueries, crimes, and punishments, and love and marriage
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  • Cover of: Club Life of London with Anecdotes of the Clubs, Coffee-Houses and Taverns of the Metropolis During the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries: By John Timbs; Volume 1

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British journalist

Born 1801
Died 1875

Subjects

Anecdotes, History, Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Social life and customs, Biography, Food, Miscellanea, Guidebooks, Aphorisms and apothegms, Art, Clubs, Common fallacies, Education, Entertaining, Inventions, Literary landmarks, Quotations, Science, Bars (Drinking establishments), Description, English Humorists, International Exhibition (1862 : London, England), London International Exhibition (1862), Medicine, Wine and wine making

Places

Great Britain, England, London (England), London, Dorking (England), Wales, Eng Dorking

People

Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Henry Fuseli (1741-1825), J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851), Joshua Reynolds Sir (1723-1792), Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788), William Hogarth (1697-1764), William Pitt Earl of Chatham (1708-1778), Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774), Richard Steele Sir (1672-1729), Samuel Foote, Thomas Lawrence Sir (1769-1830), Arthur Wellesley Wellington Duke of (1769-1852), Coleman family, George Colman (1732-1794), George Colman (1762-1836), Horace Smith (1779-1849), James Smith (1775-1839), Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), Richard Porson (1759-1808), Sydney Smith, Theodore Edward Hook (1788-1841), Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830)

Time

18th century, 19th century

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Alternative names

  • Timbs, John
  • JOHN TIMBS
  • John 1801-1875 Timbs
  • John 1801-1875 N. 50012717 Timbs
  • John 1801-1875 Clubs and Clu Timbs
  • Timbs John

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April 5, 2024 Edited by kathrinpassig merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
June 7, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Removed period from death date
March 12, 2010 Created by ImportBot Edited without comment.