NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Farmer, Richard, 1735-1797 NRA: Farmer, Richard (1735-1797) Master of Emmanuel College Cambridge DNB: Farmer, Richard (1735-1797), literary scholar and college head LBT ID: RiFarme1797 VIAF ID: 50024557 LOC ID: n88085791 | B/BAP: 1735-05-15 DIED: 1797-09-08 |
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English scholar and antiquary educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge of which he was
later master (1775-97). He published Essay on the Learning of
Shakspeare (1767). | |