William Barrett

(1727 c.-1789)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Barrett, William, 1727-1789 NRA: Barrett William (? 1727-1789) surgeon antiquary DNB: Barrett, William (1727?–1789), surgeon and antiquary LBT ID: WiBarre1789 VIAF ID: 63014167 LOC ID: n85808858	B/BAP: 1727 DIED: 1789-10-13
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Bristol surgeon and antiquary who, having been duped by Chatterton's forgeries, incorporated them into his History and Antiquities of Bristol (1789).
REFERENCES TO William Barrett: Robert Southey, “Memoir: Mrs. Dolignon,” 19 Janury 1823 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 8 Robert Southey to John May, 19 September 1829 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 6 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Early Life: XI Ch. XXXII. 1829