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Richard Chenevix Trench was an Irish Anglican clergyman. He was also a poet and philologist. In 1851 he delivered a series of lectures on philology at the Diocesan Training School, Winchester, which were subsequently published as 'On the Study of Words'. Eight years after becoming Dean of Westminster Abbey in 1856 he was appointed Archbishop of Dublin.
Richard Chenevix Trench was an Irish Anglican clergyman. He was also a poet and philologist. In 1851 he delivered a series of lectures on philology at the Diocesan Training School, Winchester, which were subsequently published as 'On the Study of Words'. Eight years after becoming Dean of Westminster Abbey in 1856 he was appointed Archbishop of Dublin.
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| Title: | Letter from Richard Chenevix Trench |
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| Description: | Richard Trench writes to Sampson Low to inform him that he declines to publish an unnamed work he simply refers to as 'the little volumes'. |
| Address: | Westminster |
| Letter dated: | 10-10-1861 |
| Physical description: | Sampson Low Letters, Volume 2, 1 page ; black edging indicating mourning stationery. |
| Type of letter: | Discussion of work published or forthcoming, including copyright |
| Letter note: | This letter has a related note written by the Reverend Frederick William Low who compiled the volumes in c.1913: "Richard Chenevix Trench, Archbishop of Dublin, born Sept: 9. 1807, died March 29. 1886, & buried in Westminster Abbey. Well known as a writer of theological works." |
| Rights statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | No further use without permission. Contact university-archive@open.ac.uk |
| Image rights: | © National Portrait Gallery London by Unknown photographer carbon print published 1874 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ |
| Identifier: | SL_188 |
