- GILPIN, WILLIAM, OF BOLDRE
- an English author, who by his series of "Picturesque Tours" exercised an influence on English literature similar to that of White's "Selborne," at the same time (1724-1804).
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
GILPIN, WILLIAM, OF BOLDRE
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