Crofts, Thomas
Owner Id4139
TypePerson
GenderMale
Biographical dates - Period of existence1722 - 1781
Other InformationChancellor of the diocese of Peterborough. FRS, FSA. Born in Wales, he graduated at Oxford (Wadham College; B.A. 1744; M.A. 1746). Anglican priest and bibliophile, between 1750 and 1770 ca. he travelled a lot, in Europe and Middle East, where he acquired books and other antiquities. In 1770 he came back to England as Chaplain of the Duke of Leeds; he joined a literary association and in 1776 became a member of the Royal Society. He mainly collected Italian books; his library was sold in London in 1783, two years after his death. He used to mark his books with the monogram T.C.E. [see the auction catalogue of his library: 'Bibliotheca Croftsiana, a catalogue of the curious and distinguished library of the late Rev. and learned Thomas Crofts, A. M. Chancellor of the Diocese of Peterborough and fellow of the Royal and Antiquary Societies deceased, which will be sold by auction by Mr Paterson', London 1783].
Bod-inc: FRS, FSA, Chancellor of the diocese of Peterborough; see de Ricci, English Collectors, 56; sale, Bibliotheca Croftsiana: A Catalogue of the Curious and Distinguished Library of... Thomas Crofts... (London: Paterson, 7 Apr. 1783). https://aeolus.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/collections/incunables/provenances_for_mei.xml#xpointer(//*[@id=
Other Identifierhttp://thesaurus.cerl.org/record/cnp00497756
Activity
Start (year)1722
End (year)1781
NoteBMC IV:
p. 68: IA.18038 (possibly); p. 71: IA.18099 (possibly); p. 97: IA.18551 (possibly).
BMC V: p. 204: IA.19967; p. 298: IB.21290 (possibly); p. 407: IA.22797; p. 469: IA.23471; p. 527: IA.24013.
BMC VI: p. 623: IA.270655 (probably); p. 639: IA.27185; p. 543: IA.27218a; p. 655: IA.27425; p. 731: IB.26273; p. 802: IA.28555; p. 774: IA.26783.
BMC VII: p. 909: IB.29878; p. 1032: IA.31723b; p. 1064: IA.32282; p. 1143: IA.24839;
BMC XII: p. 54: IB.26860
(BL Clark's slips plus add. by J. Goldfinch)
MARC Area Codee-uk
PlacePeterborough (Geonames Id: 2640354)
Profession / Type of InstitutionClergy
CharacterisationReligious
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