Frederick Guest Tomlins
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Frederick Guest Tomlins (1804–1867) was an English journalist.
Life
He was born in August 1804. He was originally in the employment of Whittaker & Co., publishers, London, as publishing clerk and literary assistant to
The Strand, London, and there issued a publication called The Self-Educator. He next opened a shop for new and secondhand books in Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, near the British Museum
; but after a while he gave up business for writing.
In 1831 he was a contributor to
Weekly Times and with The Leader
.
Tomlins was the founder of the
Sadler's Wells on 12 December 1849. He died at the Painter-Stainers' Hall, Little Trinity Lane, London, on 21 September 1867, and was buried at St. Peter's Church, Croydon
, on 27 September.
Works
He was the author of:
- A Universal Gazetteer, Ancient and Modern (1836), 2 vols.
- The Past and Present State of Dramatic Art and Literature (1839).
- A History of England from the Invasion of the Romans (1839), 3 vols.; another edition 1857, 3 vols.
- A Brief View of the English Drama, with suggestions for elevating the present condition of the art (1840).
- The Nature and State of the English Drama (1841).
- The Relative Value of the Acted and Unacted Drama (1841).
- A Complete System of Geography, Ancient and Modern (1845).
- Remarks on the Present State of the English Drama (1851).
References
- . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Tomlins, Frederick Guest". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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