Значение слова BRYDGES в Литературной энциклопедии

BRYDGES

SIR SAMUEL EGERTON (1762-1837).-Bibliographer and genealogist, _ed._ at Camb., was called to the Bar in 1787. He wrote some novels and poems, now forgotten, but rendered valuable service by his bibliographical publications, _Censura Literaria, Titles and Opinions of Old English Books_ (10 vols. 1805-9), his editions of E. Phillips's _Theatrum Poetarum Anglicanorum_ (1800) Collin's _Peerage of England_ (1812), and of many rare Elizabethan authors. He was made a baronet in 1814. He _d._ at Geneva.

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