Richard Valpy

Standard Name: Valpy, Richard

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Friends, Associates Charlotte Nooth
In her poems she mentions her early friendship and admiration for Richard Valpy , polymath headmaster of Reading School , and Henry Moyes , a scientist and lecturer of Scottish origin (whose intellectual attainments were...
Textual Features Charlotte Nooth
The poems include many genres, and translations from Spanish, French, and Italian. A Dish of Tea is a satirical account of a tea-party.
Nooth, Charlotte. Original Poems. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown.
38-40
Other topics include a jarvey or hackney-coach, poverty, and time. They...
Textual Production Charlotte Nooth
CN composed birthday verses for the birthday of the Rev. Dr. Valpy , headmaster of Reading School .
Nooth, Charlotte. Original Poems. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown.
10-11
Textual Production Charlotte Nooth
Valpy (whose birthday, says the ODNB, was the 7th of December)
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Valpy, Richard
composed a flattering reply the next day, which Nooth later printed with the original poem.

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