Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Lord, Thomas

by Gordon Goodwin ‎

LORD, THOMAS (fl. 1796), ornithologist, was a protégé of the Rev. Matthew William Peters, R.A., and under his ‘inspection and patronage’ published at London, in folio numbers, from 1791 until 1796, a work entitled ‘Lord's Entire New System of Ornithology, or Oecumenical History of British Birds,’ consisting of 114 plates painted and engraved by Lord himself, with a brief descriptive text revised by Dr. Dupree, master of Berkhampstead grammar school. The figures are mostly life-size. The book is now rare. In October 1796 Lord was living at 6 Lambeth Road, near the Obelisk.

[Lord's Entire New System.]

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