Author:Edward Maunde Thompson

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Edward Maunde Thompson (1840–1929)

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British palaeographer; Principal Librarian and Director of the British Museum; best remembered today for his study of William Shakespeare's handwriting in the manuscript of the play Sir Thomas More

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This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, and the list on this page is complete to 1901.
Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "E. M. T."

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This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
Articles attributed to this author are designated in EB1911 by the initials "E. M. T."

Edward Maunde Thompson

Works

• A guide to the manuscripts and printed books illustrating the progress of musical notation, 1885
• "Autographs," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• An Introduction to Greek and Latin Palaeography, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1912.
• Facsimiles of Ancient Manuscripts, London, Oxford University Press, 1913-30.
• Shakespeare's Handwriting: A Study, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1916.

Contributions to the DNB

• Adam of Usk
• Adams, William (d.1620)
• Aldred the Glossator (10th cent.)
• Arthur, Thomas (1593-1666?)
• Beaufeu, Robert de
• Benedict (d.1193)
• Bigod, Hugh (d.1176)
• Bigod, Hugh (d.1266)
• Bigod, Roger (d.1221)
• Bigod, Roger (d.1270)
• Bigod, Roger (1245-1306)
• Bilfrith
• Birinus
• Blagrave, Daniel
• Blagrave, John
• Bohun, Henry de
• Bohun, Humphrey III de
• Bohun, Humphrey V de
• Bohun, Humphrey VII de
• Bohun, Humphrey VIII de
• Bohun, William de
• Boniface
• Camden, William
• Capgrave, John
• Caryll, John (1625-1711)
• Caryll, John (1666?-1736)
• De la Mare, Peter
• Gaveston, Piers
• John of Gaunt
• Robert of Gloucester

Contributions to EB1911

• "Autographs," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Diplomatic," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Illuminated Manuscripts," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Manuscript," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Palaeography," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Palimpsest," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Paper," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (History)
• "Papyrus," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (History)
• "Parchment," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Seals," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Shorthand," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (Greek and Roman Typography)
• "Stichometry," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Works about Thompson

• "Thompson, Edward Maunde," in Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, by Joseph Foster, London: Parker and Co. (1888–1892) in 4 vols.
• "Thompson, Edward Maunde," in Men-at-the-Bar (2nd ed.), by Foster, J., London: Hazel, Watson and Viney, Limited (1885)