Roscoe, William, 1753-1831
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Name (Latin)
Roscoe, William, 1753-1831
Other forms of name
Roskos, Goulielmos, 1753-1831
Author of The wrongs of Africa, 1753-1831
Wrongs of Africa, Author of the, 1753-1831
Author of The butterfly's ball, 1753-1831
Butterfly's ball, Author of, 1753-1831
Date of birth
1753-03-08
Date of death
1831-06-30
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
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Sources of Information
- Vios Laurentiou tou apo Medikōn, epikaloumenou megaloprepous, 1858:t.p. (Goulielmou Roskou)
- His Life, death, and wonderful atchievements of Edmund Burke, 1792:t.p. (by the author of The wrongs of Africa)
- NUC pre-1956(this work is attributed to William Roscoe)
- His The butterfly's birth-day, 1810:t.p. (author of The butterfly's ball)
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William Roscoe
Martin Archer Shee, Public domain
Wikipedia description:
William Roscoe (8 March 1753 – 30 June 1831) was a British banker, lawyer and politician. He is best known as one of England's first abolitionists, and as the author of the poem for children The Butterfly's Ball, and the Grasshopper's Feast. In his day he was also respected as a historian and art collector, as well as a botanist and miscellaneous writer. The standard author abbreviation Roscoe is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.
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