Back Edward Maunde Thompson German Έντουαρντ Μοντ Θόμπσον Greek Edward Maunde Thompson French Էդվարդ Մաունդ Թոմփսոն Armenian Eduardus Maunde Thompson Latin Томпсон, Эдвард Маунд Russian
Sir Edward Maunde Thompson | |
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 1909 portrait of Sir Edward Maunde Thompson by Edward John Poynter | |
| Born | 1840 |
| Died | 1929 |
| Occupation(s) | paleographer, museum director |
| Title | Sir |
Sir Edward Maunde Thompson GCB FBA (4 May 1840 – 14 September 1929) was a British palaeographer and Principal Librarian and first Director of the British Museum.[1]
He is noted for his handbook of Greek and Latin palaeography and for his study of William Shakespeare's handwriting in the manuscript of the play Sir Thomas More.[2]
- ^ Sir E. Maunde Thompson, The British Museum Quarterly, Volume 4, Number 3, pages 94–96, December 1929. Published by The British Museum.
- ^ "Obituary: Sir Edward Maunde Thompson". The Times. 16 September 1929. p. 14.
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