Nathaniel Thomas (writer)
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Nathaniel Thomas (1730 – after 1768) was a Welsh writer and editor.


Life

Thomas, from
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in south Wales, studied at
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,
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there in 1747; the university records do not note the award of a degree but later biographers said that he had a
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degree. He was the editor and proprietor of the '' St James's Chronicle'' in London, and edited an abridged version of Robert Ainsworth's Latin Dictionary (1758). In 1761, he published a corrected edition of the dictionary and in 1768 published an edition of works by Eutropius, together with a translation and notes.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Nathaniel 1730 births Year of death missing Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford 18th-century Welsh writers 18th-century British male writers Welsh editors