Talk:Thomas Bray

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Dates of birth are inconsistent: from other sources 1758 is the date of baptism. Charles Matthews (talk) 07:40, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sources for future article expansion[edit]

Further reading sections are generally misguided here: no one curates them, they bloat, and there's no guidance as to how any of these are useful:

Houlette, W. D. (1934). Parish libraries and the work of the Reverend Thomas Bray. Library Quarterly, 4588-609.
Laugher, C. T. (1973). Thomas Bray's grand design; libraries of the Church of England in America, 1695–1785, by Charles T. Laugher. Chicago, American Library Association, 1973.
William D. Houlette. Parish Libraries and the Work of the Reverend Thomas Bray. The Library Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Oct. 1934), pp. 588–609
Joseph Towne Wheeler, "Thomas Bray and the Maryland Parochial Libraries," Maryland Historical Magazine (1939): 246–65
Samuel Clyde McCulloch. Dr. Thomas Bray's Trip to Maryland: A Study in Militant Anglican Humanitarianism. The William and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan. 1945), pp. 15–32
Samuel Clyde McCulloch. Dr. Thomas Bray's Commissary Work in London, 1696–1699. The William and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Oct. 1945), pp. 334–348
Charlotte Fletcher. The Reverend Thomas Bray, M. Alexandre Vattemare, and Library Science. The Library Quarterly, Vol. 27, No. 2 (Apr. 1957), pp. 95–99
Verner W. Crane. Dr. Thomas Bray and the Charitable Colony Project, 1730. The William and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, Vol. 19, No. 1 (Jan. 1962), pp. 49–63
David R. MacDonald The Transit of the Anglican Mind to the Maryland Colony: Thomas Bray & the Bray Libraries of Christ Church Durham Nanjemoy, Maryland 1696–1701 ISBN 978-1-929569-31-1 1
Richard Rawlinson, Rev. Thomas Bray, his life and selected works relating to Maryland (Maryland Historical Society Fund publication No. 37) (Baltimore, 1901) 1, 2

Kindly restore these to the article as they are used to verify points in the text or once they are helpfully glossed. — $Llywelyn II$ 11:44, 12 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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This edit established the use of the article as American English and his major importance is in his American legacy. Kindly maintain it consistently pending a new consensus to the contrary. — $Llywelyn II$ 12:04, 12 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Citation need deleted[edit]

I have deleted a citation need raised against the name of the house John Bray was reputedly born in on grounds that a citation to An Illustrated Literary Guide to Shropshire (1984), a book I possess, which first occurs at the end of the sentence, covers it by mentioning both the place and year of birth.Cloptonson (talk) 20:18, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]