NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Twiss, Richard, 1747-1821 NRA: Twiss Richard (1747-1821) Writer DNB: Twiss, Richard (1747-1821), travel writer LBT ID: RiTwiss1821 VIAF ID: 71413436 LOC ID: nr93040675 | B/BAP: 1747-04-26 DIED: 1821-03-05 |
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English traveler and FRS; he was the brother of the Shakespeare scholar Francis Twiss
(1759-1827) and uncle of the minor poet Horace Twiss (1787-1849). He published of Travels through Portugal and Spain in 1772 and 1773 (1775) and other
works. | |
REFERENCES TO Richard Twiss: Lord Byron to Thomas Moore, 17 November 1816 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Found 1:
¶ 7 |