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DING 2014: "Born at Truro, Cor., where he was educated. He began writing poetry at an early age. He registered at Oxford University but never graduated. He became a curate and fulfilled his ministry at Lamorran, Cor. and then in Devonshire, at Kenton, Exmouth and Manaccan . In 1806 he returned to Cornwall. In 1821 he was appointed Vicar of Newlyn East, Cor. He wrote The History of Cornwall (1808, in 7 vols.) and The History of Devonshire (1793-1806, in 3 vols.) His Cornish-English Vocabulary was  vol. vi of the first.  There was a second revised edition in 1836."  

WORKS

1836. A Cornish-English Vocabulary; a vocabulary of local names, chiefly Saxon; and a provincial glossary. London: Printed at the Cornish Press by J. Tregoning. SC. EDD.

1816. The History of Cornwall.  vol. V. Truro: Printed for Law and Whittaker by Mitchell and Co.  EDD.

KINGKONG PROJECT

Rev, Richard POLWHELE (M: 1760 Jan 6 - 1838 Mar 12)

          The Art Of Eloquence [p|1785]

          The English Orator [p|?]

          The History Of Devonshire [3v|n|1793-1806]

          Historical Views Of Devonshire [n|1793]

          Influence Of Local Attachment [p|1796]

          Poetic Trifles [p|1796] &

          The Unsex'd Females [p|1798]

          The History Of Cornwall [7v|n|1803-08/16]

          Traditions And Recollections [2v|n|1826]

          Biographical Sketches [3v|b|1831]

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT HIS LIFE AND WORKS SEE

Courtney, W. P. 2008. "Polwhele, Richard (1760–1838)". rev. Grant P. Cerny. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: University Press. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/22483, accessed 29 August 2022]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Polwhele

Moore, Dafydd. 2021. Richard Polwhele and Romantic Culture. London: Routledge.

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Richard Polwhele

(1760-1838)