Timothy Sheldrake

(1830 fl.)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Sheldrake, Timothy, fl. 1783-1806 LBT ID: TiSheld1830 VIAF ID: 34331888 LOC ID: nr93035079
SOURCES: Thomas Campbell, New Monthly Magazine 27 (October 1830) 387; Marchand, Byron, a Biography (1957); Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
A London instrument-maker who constructed an apparatus for Byron's lame foot. Apparently he was the son of another Timothy Sheldrake.
REFERENCES TO Timothy Sheldrake: Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: to 1806 Found 2: ¶ 64 ¶ n1 Galt, John, 1779-1839, “Galt’s Life of Lord Byron” in New Monthly Magazine 27 (October 1830) 386-87 Found 1: ¶ 8 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter VIII. Found 1: ¶ 70 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Literary Reminiscences and Memoirs of Thomas Campbell (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1860) Chapter 10 Found 2: ¶ n1 ¶ n2