Glocester Ridley

(1702-1774)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Ridley, Glocester, 1702-1774 NRA: Ridley, Glocester (1702-1774) Author DNB: Ridley, Glocester (1702–1774), writer LBT ID: GlRidle1774 VIAF ID: 12650198 LOC ID: n85067308	B/BAP: 1702 DIED: 1774-11-03
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Educated at Winchester and at New College, Oxford, he was a clergyman, oriental scholar, curious poet, and friend of Robert Lowth, Christopher Pitt, and Joseph Spence.
REFERENCES TO Glocester Ridley: William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch VI. 1811-1815 Found 1: ¶ 9