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Sir Thomas Urquhart

Urquhart, Sir Thomas

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Urquhart, Sir Thomas (1611–60), followed Prince Charles to Worcester, where many of his manuscripts were lost, was imprisoned 1651–2, and died abroad. His best-known work is a translation of the first three books of Rabelais, the first two 1653, the third 1693 (completed by Motteux). He wrote a number of curious treatises on mathematics, linguistics, etc.; among them is Ekskubalauron (1651, known as ‘The Jewel’), which contains in his ‘Vindication of the Honour of Scotland’ the story of the ‘Admirable’ Crichton.
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Sir Thomas Urquhart

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Sir Thomas Urquhart , 1611–60, Scottish translator and author. A royalist, he was knighted (1641) by Charles I and fought in the civil wars. He wrote treatises on mathematics and linguistics, but he is noted especially for his superb translation of three books (first two, 1653; third, 1693) of the Gargantua of Rabelais.

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Sir Thomas Urchard see Urquhart, Sir Thomas .

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