Thomas Sheridan the elder

(1687-1738)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Sheridan, Thomas, 1687-1738 NRA: Sheridan Thomas (1687-1738) Schoolmaster and Author DNB: Sheridan, Thomas (1687-1738), schoolmaster and Church of Ireland clergyman LBT ID: ThSheri1738 VIAF ID: 2538697 LOC ID: n79128049	B/BAP: 1687 DIED: 1738-10-10
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Irish schoolmaster, clergyman, wit, and friend of Jonathan Swift; he was the father of the actor-manager Thomas Sheridan (1719?-1788).
REFERENCES TO Thomas Sheridan the elder: Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859, Lord Byron and Some of his Contemporaries (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) First Prose; The Weekly Messenger; The News. Found 1: ¶ 103 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. VII. 1771-1776 Found 1: ¶ 13 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter XII 1824 Found 1: ¶ 26