Thoms, William John, 1803-1885
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Thoms, W. J. (William John), 1803-1885
Thoms, Wm. J. (William John), 1803-1885
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found: His A collection of early prose romances, 1827-28.
found: His The book of the court, 1844:t.p. (William J. Thoms)
found: NUC pre-56(hdg: Thoms, William John, 1803-1885; usage: William J. Thoms; Wm. J. Thoms; Ambrose Merton; Amb. Mer.; W.J. Thoms)
found: Rules of the Photographic Society Club, 1856:leaf 5 recto (in list of members: "William J. Thoms Esq., F.S.A.")
found: Oxford DNB, June 2, 2014(Thoms, William John (1803-1885), antiquary; born in Westminster, London, on 16 November 1803; clerk in the secretary's office at Chelsea Hospital until 1844; published Early prose romances, 1827-1828; elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, 1838; appointed the first secretary of the Camden Society, 1838, a post he held until 1873; appointed a clerk of the House of Lords on 19 July 1845; in 1846, under the pseudonym Ambrose Merton, he published two volumes of tales and ballads; started the periodical Notes and queries, 1849; appointed assistant librarian of the House of Lords, 1862; died in London on 15 August 1885)
found: Seiberling, Grace. Amateurs, photography and the Victorian imagination, 1986:page 146 (in Biographical appendix, by Carolyn Bloore: founded Notes and queries in 1849; it became an important vehicle for communications on photography in 1852, with contributions by H.W. Diamond ; Thoms's photographs pictured monuments or objects of antiquarian interest; he seems to have given up photographic activity after 1850s)
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1979-07-31: new
2023-09-09: revised
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