Francis Grose

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This article is about the writer. For his son, the Governor of New South Wales, see Francis Grose (Lieutenant-Governor).

Francis Grose (1731–1791), antiquary and lexicographer, of Swiss extraction, was Richmond Herald 1755–63. He published Antiquities of England and Wales (1773–87), which was well received, and thereafter, in 1789, set out on an antiquarian tour through Scotland, the fruit of which was Antiquity of Scotland (1789–91). He afterwards undertook a similar expedition to Ireland, but died suddenly at Dublin. In addition to the works above mentioned he wrote A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1785), A Provincial Glossary (1787), a Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, etc. He was an accomplished draughtsman, and illustrated his works.

[edit] External links

• Works by Francis Grose at Project Gutenberg
• fromoldbooks.org version with one page per entry, links to examples and another canting (thieving) dictionary.

This article incorporates public domain text from: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London, J.M. Dent & sons; New York, E.P. Dutton.