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TAYLOR, THOMAS (1758-1835) , English writer, generally called " the Platonist," was born in London on the 15th of May 1758, and lived there till his death on the 1st of November 1835. He was sent to St Paul's school, but was soon removed to Sheerness
marriage
idea . He became a schoolmaster, a clerk in Lubbock's banking-house
Meredith
Aristotle
Proclus
Porphyry , Ocellus Lucanus, and the Orphic hymns. His efforts were unfavourablyalmost contemptuouslyreceived, but, in spite of defects of scholarship and lack of critical faculty, due recognition must be awarded to the indomitable industry with which he overcame early difficulties. He figures as the " modern Pletho " in Isaac Disraeli's Curiosities of Literature and in his novel Vaurien, and as " England's gentile priest " in Mathias's Pursuits of Literature.End of Article: TAYLOR, THOMAS (1758-1835) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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