NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Falconer, William, 1732-1769 NRA: Falconer, William (1732-1769) Poet DNB: Falconer, William (bap. 1732, d. 1770), poet and lexicographer LBT ID: WiFalco1770 VIAF ID: 42132675 LOC ID: n85028273 | B/BAP: 1732-02-11 DIED: 1770 |
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Scottish seaman and poet; author of a long-popular poem, The
Shipwreck (1762), and The Universal Marine Dictionary
(1769). | |
REFERENCES TO WORKS BY William Falconer:
The Shipwreck. A Poem. In Three Cantos. By a Sailor. Found 5.
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An Universal Dictionary of the Marine: or, a copious Explanation of the
technical Terms and Phrases employed in the Construction Equipment, Furniture, Machinery,
Movements, and Military Operations of a Ship. Found 2.
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