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DING 2021: "Born in Devonport, the son of a Devonport builder. In 1851 he was apprenticed at The Devonport and Plymouth Telegraph where he became a journalist. For a year in 1866 he was the editor of The Northern Daily Express in Newcastle. He returned to Plymouth and worked again, for 10 years, at The Western Morning News (with which the The Devonport and Plymouth Telegraph had merged). In 1876 he joined a publishing and printing business in Plymouth.

His main interest was the history and geology of Devonshire and Cornwall. He published extensively on this topic in local society proceedings and in The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. He wrote several books on the history of Plymouth and Davenport, as well as an anthology of west country poets.”

WORKS

1870. "Some Inquiry into the association of the dialects of Devon and Cornwall". Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall April: 180-83. SC. EDD.

1875. The West Country Garland. London: Houlston & Sons. EDD.

1886. "Dialect and Folklore." A History of Devonshire with Sketches of Its Leading Worthies. London: Elliot Stock: 335-340. SC.

KINGKONG PROJECT

Richard Nicholls WORTH (M: 1837 Jul 19 - 1897 Jul 3)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT HIS LIFE AND WORKS SEE

Bonney, T. G. "Worth, Richard Nicholls (1837-1896)". Rev. by Ian Maxted 2004. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. [Accessed 25th March 2021.

Bonney, T. G. 1885-1900. "Worth, Richard Nicholls (1837-1896)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press.

Harpley, Rev. W. 1896. "Richard Nicholls Worth (Obituary). Transactions of the Devonshire Association 28: 52-57.

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Richard Nicholls Worth

(1837-1896)