Thomas Lediard
Thomas Lediard (1685–1743) was an English writer and surveyor.
Life
In early life, by his own account, he was attached to the staff of the
Lediard returned to England some time before 1732 and settled in
Works
In England Lediard brought out The Naval History of England in all its branches, from the Norman Conquest ... to the conclusion of 1734, 2 vols. 1735; The Life of John, Duke of Marlborough, 3 vols. 1736, 2nd edit. 2 vols. 1743, in the preface to which he claims to write from personal knowledge of some of the transactions, and to have had access to important letters and papers; and The History of the Reigns of William III and Mary, and Anne, in continuation of the History of England by Rapin de Thoyras, 3 vols. 1737. He also published translations of the Life of Sethos, by Jean Terrasson, 1732; A History of the Ancient Germans, by Johann Jacob Mascon, 2 vols. 1737; and of A Plan of Civil and Historical Architecture, by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, 2nd edit. 1738.[1]
Lediard assisted in the etymological work in Nathan Bailey's Dictionarium Britannicum (1736). He is described on the title-page as a "professor of modern languages in Lower Germany". He was the author of Grammatica Anglicana Critica, oder Versuch zu einer vollkommen Grammatic der englischen Sprache, Hamburg (1726); Eine Collection verschiedener Vorstellungen in Illuminationen . . . 1724-8, unter der Direction und von der Invention Thomas Lediard's, Hamburg (1730); and Britannia, an English Opera as it is performed at the New Theatre in the Haymarket, London, 1732. He also edited, with introduction and notes, The German Spy, in familiar letters . . . written by a Gentleman on his Travels to his Friend in England, London, 1738.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c d Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 32. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ A Scheme, humbly offered to the Honourable the Commissioners for building a Bridge at Westminster, for opening convenient and advantageous Ways and Passages (on the Westminster side) to and from the said Bridge, if situated at or near Palace Yard; as likewise to and from the Parliament House and the Courts of Justice, 1738.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Lediard, Thomas". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 32. London: Smith, Elder & Co.