Who is William Oldys
William Oldys (14 July 1696 – 15 April 1761) was an English antiquarian and bibliographer.Life
He was probably born in London, the illegitimate son of Dr William Oldys (1636–1708), chancellor of Lincoln diocese. His father had held the office of advocate of the admiralty, but lost it in 1693 because he would not prosecute as traitors and pirates the sailors who had served against England under James II.
William Oldys, the younger, lost part of his small patrimony in the South Sea Bubble, and in 1724 went to Yorkshire, spending the greater part of the next six years as the guest of the Earl of Malton. On his return to London he found that his landlord had disposed of the books and papers left in his charge. Among these was an annotated copy of Gerard L...
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William Oldys Poems
- On A Fly Drinking Out Of His Cup
Busy, curious, thirsty fly!
Drink with me and drink as I:
Freely welcome to my cup,
Couldst thou sip and sip it up:...
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Ky3luck: where he was baptised on 26 april 1564. his date of birth is unknown, but is traditionally observed on 23 april, saint george's day.[15] this date, which can be traced to william oldys and george steevens,Wikipediachain: letterhead > offset printing > wikibooks > shakespeare > william oldys > earl of malton > canterbury (uk parliament constituency) > john walter huddleston > south kensington > powis square, london > albertopolis > kensington > tenant-in-chief > counties of england > merseyside
Mulberrycoates: to deal with this in chronological order, the fish story is told in william oldys’ biography of him
Crankyuncle2: born otd 1696 william oldys, english antiquarian and bibliographer (d. 1761) guy named oldys who studied the oldies
Book_addict: happy birthday to english writer and poet william oldys (july 14, 1696), author of the poem “on a fly drinking out of his cup” et al.
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