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Thomas Gray – Life & Work
An introduction to Gray’s life, letters & writings
April 10, 2027 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
A reflective study led by Dr Scott Mandelbrote, Curator at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge
Dr Scott Mandelbrote is Fellow, Director of Studies in History, and Perne and Ward Librarian at Peterhouse, Cambridge. He was responsible for the programme of conservation, & research on the manuscripts that led to the publication of this volume. He has also supervised the complete recataloguing of Peterhouse’s collections of rare books and manuscripts and the development of online resources in collaboration with the Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music and the Cambridge Digital Library. He is the editorial director of the Newton Project and has written or edited a dozen books on various aspects of early modern intellectual history.
Kay Publications
(with E. Rose), ‘Thomas Gray as Reader and Writer of the Natural World’, in R. Abbott and E. Levinson (eds), Thomas Gray among the Disciplines (London: Routledge, 2025), pp. 278-315.
Dr Mandelbrote will focus on Thomas Gray’s “Elegy in a Country Churchyard“: Family Liberty, and the Natural World
The event will be held at the Church of St Michael at the North Gate, Oxford – There will be refreshments on arrival.
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