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Parker, Thomas (1787–1866):


Subject Literature » Victorian Literature

DOI: 10.1111/b.9781405151191.2007.x


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notable tenor of great fame in and around Yorkshire, who was a native of Haworth and frequently performed there. He was probably the man who “for fifty years has had one of the finest tenor voices I ever heard” who is mentioned in an insertion to ch. 2 of Gaskell’s Life (p. 434). He was painted by Branwell in December 1838. A benefit concert for him in Haworth church in 1846 was boycotted by Arthur Bell Nicholls (but not Patrick) on the grounds that he was a Baptist. ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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