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has gloss | eng: Chauncy Hare Townshend (10 April 1798, Godalming, Surrey – 25 February 1868) was a 19th century English poet, clergyman, mesmerist, collector, dilettante and hypochondriac. He is mostly remembered for bequeathing his collections to the South Kensington Museum (now the Victoria and Albert museum) and the Wisbech & Fenland Museum in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. He was born Chauncy Hare Townsend, without an h in his surname, but added one upon inheriting. For simplicity, this article uses the version with it. |
lexicalization | eng: Chauncy Hare Townshend |
instance of | c/Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
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