Richard Farmer

(1735-1797)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Farmer, Richard, 1735-1797 NRA: Farmer, Richard (1735-1797) Master of Emmanuel College Cambridge DNB: Farmer, Richard (1735-1797), literary scholar and college head LBT ID: RiFarme1797 VIAF ID: 50024557 LOC ID: n88085791	B/BAP: 1735-05-15 DIED: 1797-09-08
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English scholar and antiquary educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge of which he was later master (1775-97). He published Essay on the Learning of Shakspeare (1767).
REFERENCES TO Richard Farmer: 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. IV. 1765-1766 Found 7: ¶ 3 ¶ 6 ¶ 7 ¶ 9 ¶ 10 ¶ 11 ¶ 12 Ch XIII. 1816-1820 Found 1: ¶ 27 Ch XXV. Found 1: ¶ 15 Appendix Verse 2: p. 462b p. 462b Sir Henry Ellis to Samuel Rogers, 14 December 1843 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Found 1: ¶ 1 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter V. 1842-44.