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Memoirs of the life of the Rev. Dr. Trusler, with his opinions on a variety of interesting subjects, through a long life, on men and manners, written by himself. : Replete with humour, useful information and entertaining anecdote.
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1957 (Accumulation)
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1806 (Publication)
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- Bath, United Kingdom
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4to, 1 volume
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TRUSLER, JOHN, elder son of John Trusler, proprietor Marylebone Tea Gardens; b. Jul 1735; adm. (aged 9) Apr 1745; left 1751; went to Fountaine’s Academy, Marylebone; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. sizar 16 May 1753, matr. Mich. 1753; BA 1757; ordained priest (London) 26 Sep 1759; Curate, Enford, Wilts., Hythe, Kent, Colchester, Essex, and Ockley, Surrey; Chaplain to Poultry-Compter, City of London 1761; Lecturer, united parishes of St. George, Botolph Lane, and St. Botolph’s, Billingsgate, London; translated some Italian burlettas for the English stage; established an academy for teaching oratory “mechanically” 1761; studied medicine and assumed title of ìDoctorî; sold sermons printed in script type for the clergy; established own profitable printing and bookselling business; author, Hogarth Moralized, 1768, Memoirs, 1806, and other works; m. 1st (?), by 1760, Mary ---; m. 2nd (?), 11 Oct 1764 (IGI) Elizabeth, dau. of James Burns, St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, London; m. 3rd, ---; buried Bath, Somerset 23 Jun 1820. DNB.
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Donated to the School by Godfrey Greene
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