About Thomas Kerrich
Lived 1748 – 1828 (aged 80). Thomas Kerrich was a British librarian and artist.
Thomas Kerrich (4 February 1748 – 10 May 1828) was an English clergyman, principal Cambridge University Librarian (Protobibliothecarius), antiquary, draughtsman, and gifted amateur artist. He created one of the first catalogue raisonnés (for the works of the artist Marten van Heemskerck).
Life Thomas Kerrich was born at Dersingham in Norfolk, England, where his father, Samuel, was the vicar. After graduating with a B.A. from Magdalene College, Cambridge, in 1771, he went on the Grand Tour where he encountered Thomas Coke. Kerrich was a Fellow of Magdalene and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries from 1797.
Kerrich died in Cambridge on 10 May 1828.
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British clergyman, principal Cambridge University librarian, antiquary, draughtsman and gifted amateur artist (1748–1828)
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Thomas Kerrich was born on 4 February 1748 in Dersingham.
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Thomas Kerrich died on 10 May 1828 in Cambridge.
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