Thomas North

Thomas North was a translator and writer (1523–1601). He was born at London.

Also recorded as Sir Thomas North.

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Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the heading Sir Thomas North. His recorded languages were Italian and English.

He was the child of Edward North, 1st Baron North and Alice Squire. He married Judith Vesey and Elizabeth Colville.

Identity

What the record establishes about Thomas North.

Saint Gertrude of Nivelles and an Augustinian Canoness is dated c. 1530 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1933.1042). Christ Presented to the People is dated c. 1480 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1933.1049). Prehistoric North America / by W. J. McGee and Cyrus Thomas. is dated [1905] and held by Wellcome Collection. Portrait of a Man is dated c. 1525 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1953.472). The Art Institute of Chicago records 5 objects associated with this heading. Wellcome Collection records 976 objects associated with this heading.

Thomas North is recorded with the citizenship of Kingdom of England. Thomas North is recorded as translator and writer. Open Library catalogues 16 works under this name.

Holdings and surviving copies

Shakespeare's Plutarch: Being a Selection from the Lives in North's Plutarch which Illustrate ... (1875) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

Authority records

The identifiers under which Thomas North may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Thomas North is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q1235106.

Catalogued works

13 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1525 to 1530.

Church Bells of Rutland. Church Bells of Hertfordshire; Their Founders, Inscriptions, Traditions, and Peculiar Uses. The church bells of Northamptonshire. The Church Bells of Leicestershire. Church Bells of Northamptonshire. Church Bells of the County and City of Lincoln. The church bells of the county and city of Lincoln. The church bells of Bedfordshire. A chronicle of the Church of S. Martin in Leicester, during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth. A Chronicle Of The Church Of St. Martin In Leicester. Saint Gertrude of Nivelles and an Augustinian Canoness, dated c. 1530, oil on panel, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1933.1042. Saint Augustine and an Augustinian Canoness, dated c. 1530, oil on panel, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1933.1041. Portrait of a Man, dated c. 1525, oil on panel, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1953.472.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

3 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

North, Thomas (1830–1884), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Thomas MacGreevy and his North Kerry Roots, The Life and Work of Thomas MacGreevy : A Critical Reappraisal. Thomas North’s travel to Rome (1555): From itinerary to traveler’s memoir, Шаги, 2023.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (1117826449). Those registers additionally record the form Lauder, Thomas North Dick-.

Digitised editions and texts

1 digitised item associated with this heading is catalogued by Internet Archive.

Shakespeare's Plutarch: Being a Selection from the Lives in North's Plutarch which Illustrate ... (1875) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 13 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 11 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1523Thomas North born at London.
  2. 1523Thomas North was born in 1523 at London.
  3. 1525Portrait of a Man (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  4. 1525Portrait of a Man is dated c. 1525 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1953.472).
  5. 1530Saint Gertrude of Nivelles and an Augustinian Canoness (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  6. 1530Saint Augustine and an Augustinian Canoness (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  7. 1530Saint Gertrude of Nivelles and an Augustinian Canoness is dated c. 1530 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1933.1042).
  8. 1601Thomas North died at London.
  9. 1601Thomas North died in 1601 at London.

Connections

Each connection was recorded deliberately, with the basis for it kept on the internal record.

Born at

  • LondonPlace

    Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.

Died at

  • LondonPlace

    Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    North, John Thomas (1842–1896), engineer and nitrate entrepreneur, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    North, John Thomas (1842–1896), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    North, Sir Thomas (1535?–1601?), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    North, Thomas (1830–1884), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Open Library author record for Thomas North (Internet Archive), 16 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  6. 6.

    Thomas MacGreevy and his North Kerry Roots, The Life and Work of Thomas MacGreevy : A Critical Reappraisal

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  7. 7.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 2 articles naming Thomas North.

    open access index · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 1117826449, Dick-Lauder, Thomas North.

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  9. 9.

    Internet Archive, 27 digitised items catalogued under Thomas North as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  10. 10.

    Project Gutenberg holds 2 full texts attributed to Thomas North.

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  11. 11.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Thomas North.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  12. 12.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 976 works naming Thomas North.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  13. 13.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1235106: Thomas North

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  14. 14.

    “Thomas North”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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