Connop Thirlwall, bishop of St David's

(1797-1875)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Thirlwall, Connop, 1797-1875 NRA: Thirlwall, Newell Connop (1797-1875) Bishop of St Davids historian DNB: Thirlwall, (Newell) Connop (1797–1875), historian and bishop of St David's LBT ID: CoThirw1875 VIAF ID: 52464706 LOC ID: n88175418	B/BAP: 1797-02-11 DIED: 1875-07-27
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge, he published History of Greece, 8 vols (1835–44) and was appointed bishop of St David's in 1840.
REFERENCES TO Connop Thirlwall, bishop of St David's: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter VIII Found 1: ¶ 6 Chapter IX Found 1: ¶ 27