The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Thomas Fuller (24 Jun 1654 - 17 Sep 1734)
Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10238?docPos=4 VisitorRelevant locations: Birth place in Hellingly, Sussex
Relationships: Thomas Fuller was a visitor to the collection of Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725)
Linked manuscript items: as Mentioned or referenced by - "[Guest Book to Thoresby's Museum]," Yorkshire Archaeological Society MS27, Leeds
References in Documents:
Ralph Thoresby's guestbook of visitors to his museum (Yorkshire Archaeological Society MS27)
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Illi Mors gravis incubat,
Qui notus nimis omnibus
Ignotus moritur sibi.
Thyestes, Act II, Lines 401-403: "Death weighs heavy on one who, too well known to all, dies unknown to himself." Quoted with translation from Francis Bacon's "Of Great Place." "It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself"