The Reverend Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer, MA, Oxon (25 July 1848 – 14 July 1923) was a son of William George Thiselton-Dyer, physician and of Catherine Jane, née Firminger. He was educated at

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and at

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. He was successively curate of St John's Church, Fitzroy Square, curate of Holy Trinity Church, Kilburn, vicar of St Paul's Church, Penzance, secretary of the

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and rector of Bayfield, Holt, Norfolk. Thiselton-Dyer wrote several popular non-fiction books, including ''British Customs: Past and Present,'' ''The Folk-lore of Plants,'' and ''Strange Pages from Family Papers,'' which was considered a masterpiece of popular historical writing.

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* * * * (under 'T' as by Thiselton-Dyer) ;Individual books
English folk-lore
(1878)
Folk-Lore of Shakespeare
(1883)
Church-lore Gleanings
(1892)
Royalty in all ages; the amusements, eccentricities, accomplishments, superstitions, and frolics of the kings and queens of Europe
(1903)

(1911) from ttp://www.sacred-texts.com/ Sacred Texts * * 1848 births 1923 deaths English male non-fiction writers People educated at King's College School, London Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford Clergy of the Diocese of Truro English non-fiction writers {{England-nonfiction-writer-stub

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