Timbs, John 1801-1875 creator text utu 2015 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "English Eccentrics and Eccentricities" by John Timbs is a biographical collection published in 1866. This two-volume work catalogues the lives of unusual people from the late 18th and early 19th centuries, ranging from celebrities to recluses, religious figures to astrologers, and authors to tragedians. Timbs explores how oddity of character can coexist with goodness of heart, presenting a gallery of "motley-minded and grotesque" individuals whose rare accidents offer lessons in both thrift and humor. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Eccentrics_and_Eccentricities Release date is 2015-11-12 Produced by Chris Whitehead, Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Original publication data not identified Eccentrics and eccentricities -- England AG CT Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50439 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50439 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134147.0 50439