NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Beste, Henry Digby, 1768-1836 DNB: Best [Beste], Henry Digby (1768–1836), Roman Catholic convert and author LBT ID: HeBest1836 VIAF ID: 66679210 LOC ID: n90606451 | B/BAP: 1768-10-21 DIED: 1836-05 |
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The son of Henry Best (1730–1782); educated at University College and Magdalen College,
Oxford, he took holy orders before converting to Catholicism in 1798. He contributed to the
New Monthly Magazine and published a travel book and a
novel. | |