Thomas Holcroft

10 December 1745 - 23 March 1809

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TH , future novelist, playwright and autobiographer, was born in Orange Court, Leicester Fields (now Leicester Square), in London.

Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

TH , novelist, playwright and autobiographer, died, destitute, in Clipstone Street, Marylebone, London.

Godwin, William. William Godwin’s Diary. 12 Nov. 2010, http://godwindiary.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/search.html.

Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements.

Hazlitt, William et al. “Introduction”. The Life of Thomas Holcroft, edited by Elbridge Colby, Constable, 1925, p. 1: xv - lv.

lviii, liv

Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.

79 (1809): 286

TH , future novelist, playwright and autobiographer, was born in Orange Court, Leicester Fields (now Leicester Square), in London.

Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.