John Bigland

John Bigland (1750 – 22 February 1832) was an English schoolmaster and later a historian.He was born of poor parents at Skirlaugh in the Holderness area of the East Riding of Yorkshire.In 1803, he published his first work occasioned, on his own account, by his religious scepticism.He was the author of articles in magazines; of a continuation to April 1808 of George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton's History of England in a Series of Letters from a Nobleman to his Son; and of an addition of the period of George III to Oliver Goldsmith's History of England.His other works include: Towards the end of his life, Bigland resided at Finningley, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
A natural history of birds, fishes, reptiles, and insects
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