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THOMAS AMORY (c. 1691-1788)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 877 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THOMAS
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AMORY (c. 1691-1788)  ,
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British author, was
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born about 1691, his
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father being the secretary for the forfeited estates in
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Ireland . He was an
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eccentric
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character and seems to have lived a very secluded
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life . He published
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Memoirs containing the lives of several Ladies of
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Great
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Britain; a
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History of Antiquities &c . (r755) and Life of
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John Buncle Esq . (1756 and 1766) . Both books are an extraordinary mixture of fiction, autobiography, scenic description and theological discussion .
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Amory died on the 25th of
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November 1788 .

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