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DING 2015: ““Son of Samuel Pegge, the Elder (1704-1796), he was an antiquary, poet and musician born in Godmersham, Knt. . He studied at St. John’s College, Cambridge, like his father. He was called to the bar in 1754. He became a fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries in 1797. He is buried at Kensington churchyard.”

WORKS

1800. Anecdotes of the English Language, Chiefly regarding the Local Dialect of London and its Environs. London: John Nichols. SC.

1814. Anecdotes of the English Language, Chiefly regarding the Local Dialect of London and its Environs; Whence it will Appear that the Natives of the Metropolis, and its Vicinities, have not Corrupted the Language of their Ancestors. In a letter from Samuel Pegge, Esq. F.S.A. to an Old Acquaintance, and co-fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, London. The second edition enlarged and corrected to which is added, a supplement to the Provincial Glossary of Francis Grose, Esq. London: Printed by and for J. Nichols, Son, and Bentley. SC. EDD.

KINGKONG PROJECT

Samuel PEGGE, the Younger (M: 1733 - 1800 May 22)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT HIS LIFE AND WORKS SEE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Pegge_(the_younger)

Nichols, John. 1844. “Notice of the Life of Samuel Pegge, Esq. F.S.A., Barrister at Law, etc.” Henry Christmas. ed. 3rd. edition of Samuel Pegge. Anecdotes of the English Language. London: J. B. Nichols and Son: vii-xii.

Thompson Cooper. 2004. ‘Pegge, Samuel (1733–1800). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: University Press, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/21780, accessed 6 March 2015]

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Samuel Pegge, The Younger

(1733-1800)