The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Thomas Smith, Rev. (3 Jun 1638 - 11 May 1710)
Scholar and divine. He served as chaplain to Sir Daniel Harvey, ambassador at Constantinople 1668-1671 and traveled in the region. Later in life he became friends with Sir John Cotton, grandson of Sir Robert Cotton, and was responsible for the Cotton library. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi-org.cyber.usask.ca/10.1093/ref:odnb/25912 Other Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Smith_%28scholar%29 - Relevant locations: Member of Magdalen College (Oxford), Oxford UniversityVisited Philadelphia, Turkey
Workplace or place of business Istanbul, Turkey
Linked print sources: as Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source) - An account of the city of Prusa in Bithynia, and a continuation of the historical observations relating to Constantinople, by the Reverend and learned Tho. Smith D. D. fellow of Magd. Coll. Oxon and of the Royal society.
as Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source) - Epistolae Duae, Quarum altera De Moribus ac Institutis Turcarum agit: Altera Septem Asiae Ecclesiarum notitiam continet.
as Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source) - Remarks upon the manners, religion and government of the Turks together with a survey of the seven churches of Asia, as they now lye in their ruines, and a brief description of Constantinople.
as Mentioned or referenced by - An attempt towards a natural history of the fossils of England; in a catalogue of the English fossils in the collection of J. Woodward, M. D..
as Mentioned or referenced by - Antiquarianism in the Near East: Thomas Smith (1638–1710) and his Journey to the Seven Churches of Asia.
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