William Gilpin

(1724-1804)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Gilpin, William, 1724-1804 NRA: Gilpin William (1724-1804) Clergyman Educationist Biographer Topographer DNB: Gilpin, William (1724-1804), writer on art and headmaster LBT ID: WiGilpi1804 VIAF ID: 12426539 LOC ID: n50035343	B/BAP: 1724-06-04 DIED: 1804-04-05
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Biographer and writer on the picturesque; he was schoolmaster at Cheam in Surrey and vicar of Boldre in Hampshire, a living presented by the historian William Mitford, his former pupil.
REFERENCES TO William Gilpin: Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter I. 1803-1805. Found 1: ¶ 5