Coleção GB 0074 CLC/244 - CROKER, Thomas Crofton (1798-1854)

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GB 0074 CLC/244 1842-1854 Collection 2 production items. Croker , Thomas Crofton , 1798-1854 , antiquary

Thomas Crofton Croker was born in Cork in 1798. He worked as a clerk while pursuing artistic and antiquarian pursuits, at first in Ireland and then in London. He published mostly on Irish history and folklore. In 1827 he was elected a fellow of the Soceity of Antiquaries, and in 1839 helped to found the Camden Society. In 1843 he joined the committee of the British Archaeological Association. He died in 1854.

Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Volume of correspondence between Thomas Crofton Croker and Frederick William Fairholt, engraver and antiquary, and others, on antiquarian and private matters, also containing letters from Croker's wife Marianne, and his son Thomas Francis Dillon Croker (1831-1912), Recollections of Dillon Croker and other bound in printed items. Also scrapbook containing notes relating to Roman and other antiquities in London.

Two volumes.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

August to October 2010. Historians Antiquaries Arts Works of art Antiquities History Historical research Social scientists Croker , Thomas Crofton , 1798-1854 , antiquary London England UK Western Europe Europe Movable cultural property Cultural property Cultural heritage

Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Volume of correspondence between Thomas Crofton Croker and Frederick William Fairholt, engraver and antiquary, and others, on antiquarian and private matters, also containing letters from Croker's wife Marianne, and his son Thomas Francis Dillon Croker (1831-1912), Recollections of Dillon Croker and other bound in printed items. Also scrapbook containing notes relating to Roman and other antiquities in London.

Two volumes.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

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• latim

English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• inglês