George Clement Boase (20 October 1829, in

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– 1 October 1897, in

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) was an English bibliographer and antiquary.

Biography

Boase's father was a banker, and Boase himself took up banking in Cornwall and London as a young man from 1846 to 1854.W. P. Courtney
‘Boase, George Clement (1829–1897)’
rev. Nilanjana Banerji, ''

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'', Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 27 Oct 2008 In 1854 Boase voyaged to

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: arriving at

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, he obtained work as tutor to the children of Thomas Darchy at the

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and also worked as correspondent for the ''

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''. In 1864 he returned to

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, managing the business of Whitehead & Co., provision merchants until taking retirement in 1874. Like his elder brother,

Charles William Boase Charles William Boase (1828–1895) was an English academic, antiquarian and librarian. Life Born in Chapel Street, Penzance, on 6 July 1828, was the eldest child of John Josias Arthur Boase (1801–1896) and his wife Charlotte (1802–1873), sec ...

, Fellow and Librarian of

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and his younger brother, the biographer

Frederic Boase Frederic Boase (7 October 1843 – 23 December 1916) was an English librarian and biographer. Family He was born at Lariggan, Penzance, Cornwall to John Josias Arthur Boase (1801–1896), banker, and his wife, Charlotte née Scholl (1802–1873) ...

, George Boase now took up bibliographical pursuits. As well as the works listed below, he compiled the Cornish part of W. W. Skeat's ''Bibliographical List of the Works... Illustrative of the Various Dialects of English'' (1877) and helped John Ingle Dredge with his work on Devon bibliography. He was a prolific contributor to ''

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'', the ''Western Antiquary'' and the ''

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''.

Works

*(as 'A Brother') ''To husbands, fathers, and brothers, specially those of the labouring classes being a warning against prevailing delusions, and a word in season to the weary and heavy laden'', 1848 *(with

William Prideaux Courtney William Prideaux Courtney (1845–1913) was a British biographer and civil servant. Writing as W. P. C., he was a contributor to the first edition of the '' Dictionary of National Biography''. He was the brother of Leonard Courtney, 1st Baron Cour ...

) ''Bibliotheca Cornubiensis. A catalogue of the writings, both manuscript and printed, of Cornishmen, and of works relating to the county of Cornwall, with biographical memoranda and copious literary references'', 3 vols., London, 1874-1882 Also known as ''Collectanea Cornubiensia ''. *(with C. W. Boase and Frederic Boase) ''An Account of the Families of Boase or Bowes'', 1876 *''Collectanea Cornubiensia'', Netherton & Worth, Truro, 1890

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