Thomas Day
1748–89
Wealthy landowner and writer. Member of the Lunar Society of Birmingham. Best known for the children’s book, The history of Sandford and Merton (1783–9).
Source
ODNB
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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