Nathaniel Thomas (1730 – after 1768) was a Welsh writer and editor.
Life
Thomas, from
Glamorgan
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in south Wales, studied at
Jesus College, Oxford
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,
matriculating
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Australia
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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
Bachelor of Arts
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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
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1730 births
Year of death missing
Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford
18th-century Welsh writers
18th-century British male writers
Welsh editors