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KENELM HENRY DIGBY (1800-188o)

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 262 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HENRY See also:DIGBY (1800-188o)  , See also:English writer, youngest son of See also:William See also:Digby, See also:dean of Clonfert, was See also:born at Clonfert, See also:Ireland, in 'Soo . He was educated at Trinity See also:College, See also:Cambridge, and soon after taking his B.A. degree there in 1819 became a See also:Roman See also:Catholic . He spent most of his See also:life, which was mainly devoted to See also:literary pursuits, in See also:London, where he died on the 22nd of See also:March 1880 . Digby's reputation rests chiefly on his earliest publication, The Broadstone of See also:Honour, or Rules for the Gentlemen of See also:England (1822), which contains an exhaustive survey of See also:medieval customs, full of quotations from varied See also:sources . The See also:work was subsequently enlarged and issued (1826–1827) in four volumes entitled: Godefridus, Tancredus, Morus and Orlandus (numerous re-impressions, the best of which is the editior brought out by B . See also:Quaritch in five volumes, 1876–1877) . Among Digby's other See also:works are: Mores Catholici, or Ages of Faith (II vols., London, 1831–184o); Compitum; or the See also:Meeting of the Ways at the Catholic See also:Church (7 vols., London, 1848–1854) ; The Lovers' Seat, Kathemerina; or See also:Common Things in relation to Beauty, Virtue and Faith (2 vols., London, 1856) . A See also:complete See also:list is given in J . See also:Gillow's See also:Bibliographical See also:Dictionary of English Catholics, ii . 81-83 .

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