NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Thornton, Thomas, 1751 or 2-1823 DNB: Thornton, Thomas (1751/2-1823), sportsman LBT ID: ThThorn1823 VIAF ID: 66247003 LOC ID: no2007046446 | B/BAP: 1752 DIED: 1823-03-10 |
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File | |
Sportsman, reviver of falconry, and dissolute character; he spent his latter years living
in France. | |
REFERENCES TO WORKS BY Thomas Thornton:
A Sporting Tour through various parts of France, in the year 1802, including a
concise Description of the Sporting Establishments, Mode of Hunting, and other
Field-amusements, as practised in that Country, with General Observations on the Arts,
Sciences, Agriculture, Husbandry, and Commerce, Strictures on the Customs and Manners of
the French People, with a View of the Comparative Advantages of Sporting in France and
England, in a Series of Letters to the Right Hon. the Earl of Darlington. Found 1.
Display Records |