About Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer
Lived 1848 – 1923 (aged 74). Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer was a British cleric.
The Reverend Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer, MA, Oxon (25 July 1848 – 14 July 1923) was a son of William George Thiselton-Dyer, physician and of Catherine Jane, née Firminger. He was educated at King's College School and at Pembroke College, Oxford. He was successively curate of St John's Church, Fitzroy Square, curate of Holy Trinity Church, Kilburn, vicar of St Paul's Church, Penzance, secretary of the South American Missionary Society and rector of Bayfield, Holt, Norfolk.
Thiselton-Dyer wrote several popular non-fiction books, including British Customs: Past and Present, The Folk-lore of Plants, and Strange Pages from Family Papers, which was considered a masterpiece of popular historical writing.
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British clergyman and writer (1848–1923)
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Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer was born on 25 July 1848 in London.
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Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer died on 14 July 1923 in Hove.
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Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer was a cleric.
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Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer was British.
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