Richard Farmer [SEP] date of birth
Richard Farmer
Dr Richard Farmer FRS FSA (1735–1797) was a Shakespearean scholar and Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He is known for his "Essay on the Learning of Shakespeare" (1767), in which he maintained that Shakespeare's knowledge of the classics was through translations, the errors of which he reproduced.
Life.
He was born at Leicester on 28 August 1735, the second son of Richard Farmer, a maltster, by his wife Hannah, daughter of John Knibb. He was educated under
come from one of three regions in sequence.
Biography.
William Grason is believed to have been born at 'Eagle's Nest' on the Wye River in 1786, was probably born in Queen Anne's County, Maryland. His tombstone records his date of birth as March 11, 1788. The names of both of his parents are unknown, but he is believed to be the son of Richard Grason, a farmer, also known as 'Commodore Grason.' In March 1801, he was admitted to St.