Authority Cited: Sparrow, Dr. [Anthony]
Author name and dates: Anthony Sparrow (1612-1685)
BKG Bio-tweet: Cambridge Fellow; Cleric; ejected under Cromwell, reinstated after Restoration; Bishop of Exeter and then Norwich
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: One Sparrow cite was identified in 1755 Dict. vol. 2. No additional Sparrow or Rationale cites were identified in the 1773 Dict. SJ uses this book title to illustrate the entry for rationale. The OED credits the Sparrow book title with the first use, but gives a 1657 date.]
Author name and dates: Anthony Sparrow (1612-1685)
BKG Bio-tweet: Cambridge Fellow; Cleric; ejected under Cromwell, reinstated after Restoration; Bishop of Exeter and then Norwich
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: One Sparrow cite was identified in 1755 Dict. vol. 2. No additional Sparrow or Rationale cites were identified in the 1773 Dict. SJ uses this book title to illustrate the entry for rationale. The OED credits the Sparrow book title with the first use, but gives a 1657 date.]
- Dr. Sparrow's Rationale of the Common Prayer; A rationale upon the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England, 1655 London: Are to be sold by T. Garthwait at the little North door of S. Paul's; rationale