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See also:FRANCIS See also:DOUCE (1757-1834)
, See also:English See also:antiquary, was See also:born in See also:London in 1757
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His See also:father was a clerk in See also:Chancery
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After completing his See also:education he entered his father's See also:office, but soon. quitted it to devote himself to the study of antiquities
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He became a prominent member of the Society of Antiquaries, and for a See also:time held the See also:post of keeper of See also:manuscripts in the See also:British Museum, but was compelled to resign it owing to a See also:quarrel with one of the trustees
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In 1807 he published his Illustrations of See also:Shakespeare and See also:Ancient See also:Manners (2 vols
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8vo), which contained some curious See also:information, along with a See also:great See also:deal of trifling See also:criticism and mistaken See also:interpretation
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An unfavourable See also:notice of the See also:work in The See also:Edinburgh See also:Review greatly irritated the author, and made him unwilling to venture any further publications
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He contributed, however, a considerable number of papers to the Archaeologia and The See also:Gentleman's :Al agazine
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In 1833 he published a Dissertation on the various Designs of the See also:Dance of See also:Death, the substance of which had appeared See also:forty years before
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He died on the 3oth of See also: |
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