X-Nico

2 unusual facts about Richard Fiddes


1724 in literature

Richard Fiddes - A General Treatise of Morality (on Mandeville)

Richard Fiddes

His best book is a Life of Cardinal Wolsey (London, 1724), containing documents which are still valuable for reference; of his other writings the Prefatory Epistle containing some remarks to be published on Homer's Iliad (London, 1714), was occasioned by Alexander Pope's proposed translation of the Iliad, and his Theologia speculativa (London, 1718), earned him the degree of D.D. at Oxford.



see also