Author:Thomas Seccombe (1866-1923)

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Thomas Seccombe
(1866–1923)

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English biographer and miscellaneous writer; assistant editor of Dictionary of National Biography

This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900
Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "T. S." vol. 27 through to Supplements

This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement
Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "T. S."

This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB1911 by the initials "T. Se."

Works

Twelve Bad Men (1894)
Age of Shakespeare (with J. W. Allen, 1903)
Age of Johnson (1900)
(ed.) Letters of James Boswell (1891)
Bookman History of English Literature (1905-6), in 2 vols., co-authored with William Robertson Nicoll (external scans (multiple parts): v.1 Chaucer to Dryden, v.2 Pope to Swinburne)
In Praise of Oxford

Contributions to the Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, & supplements

1st supplement

2nd supplement

Contributions to 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica

"Boswell, James," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Chénier, André de," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Constantine Pavlovich," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (with Theodor Schiemann)
"Dickens, Charles," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Dostoievsky, Feodor Mikhailovich," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"English Literature," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (Sections V. & VI.)
"Fawcett, Henry," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Gilbert, Sir William Schwenk," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Hayward, Abraham," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Hughes, Thomas (lawyer)," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Johnson, Samuel," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (footnote and afterword)
"Lever, Charles James," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Marlowe, Christopher," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part)
"Marston, Philip Bourke," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Reeve, Henry," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Smollett, Tobias George," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Stephen, Sir Leslie," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Swift, Jonathan," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part)
"Tichborne Claimant, The," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Vanbrugh, Sir John," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Works about Seccombe

"Seccombe, Thomas," in Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, by Joseph Foster, London: Parker and Co. (1888–1892) in 4 vols.
"Seccombe, Thomas," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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