Thomas Kidd (177027 August 1850) was an English classical scholar and schoolmaster. He was born in

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, and educated at

Giggleswick School Giggleswick School is a public school (English private boarding and day school) in Giggleswick, near Settle, North Yorkshire, England. Early school In 1499, Giggleswick School was founded on half an acre of land leased by the Prior and Co ...

and

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. He was the father of John Tyrwhitt Davy Kidd who served in India for many years and Richard Bentley Porson Kidd, who was rector of Potter Heigham church among other duties in

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, Norfolk. The last of these had a son, Richard Hayward Kidd, who was Colonial Chaplain of Hong Kong until his death in 1879. Kidd held numerous scholastic and clerical appointments. In 1818 he was appointed headmaster of King's Lynn School; he next became master of Wymondham School, and then of

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. His last appointment was as rector of Croxton, near

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, where he died. Kidd was an intimate friend of Richard Porson and

Charles Burney Charles Burney (7 April 1726 – 12 April 1814) was an English music historian, composer and musician. He was the father of the writers Frances Burney and Sarah Burney, of the explorer James Burney, and of Charles Burney, a classicis ...

the younger. He contributed largely to periodicals, chiefly on classical subjects, but his reputation mainly rests upon his editions of the works of other scholars:
''Opuscula Ruhnkeniana''
(1807), the minor works of the great Dutch scholar David Ruhnken
''Tracts and Miscellaneous Criticisms of Richard Porson''
(1815).
''Miscellanea Critica''
of Richard Dawes (2nd ed., 1827) He also published an edition of the works of

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(1817) based upon

Richard Bentley Richard Bentley FRS (; 27 January 1662 – 14 July 1742) was an English classical scholar, critic, and theologian. Considered the "founder of historical philology", Bentley is widely credited with establishing the English school of Hellenis ...

's recension.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kidd, Thomas 1770 births 1850 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge People educated at Giggleswick School English classical scholars Headmasters of Norwich School