Sir Herbert Croft, fifth baronet

(1751-1816)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Croft, Herbert, Sir, 1751-1816 NRA: Croft, Sir Herbert (1751-1816) 5th Baronet Vicar of Prittlewell Author DNB: Croft, Sir Herbert, fifth baronet (1751-1816), writer and lexicographer LBT ID: HeCroft1816 VIAF ID: 64335678 LOC ID: n85099816	B/BAP: 1751-11-01 DIED: 1816-04-25
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English poet and antiquary who published a collection of Thomas Chatterton's letters, Love and Madness (1780).
REFERENCES TO WORKS BY Sir Herbert Croft, fifth baronet: Chatterton and “Love and Madness.” A Letter from Denmark, to Mr. Nichols, editor of the Gentlemen's Magazine, where it appeared in February, March and April 1800; respecting an Unprovoked Attack, made upon the Writer during his Absence from England. Found 1. Display Records “Edward Young” in The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper; including the Series edited, with Prefaces, biographical and critical by Dr. Samuel Johnson. Found 2. Display Records Love and Madness. Found 2. Display Records