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Walter Prideaux (1806-1889) was a poet and lawyer.〔(Thomas Monck Mason ), National Portrait Gallery, accessed May 2009〕 Prideuax rose to be clerk to Goldsmiths' Hall.〔(West Country poets ), 1896〕 ==Biography== Walter Prideaux was born 15 April 1806 to Sarah and Walter Prideaux.〔(Kingston family ), accessed May 2009〕 He was born at Bearscombe near Kingbridge and Loddiswell. In 1812 his father sold Bearscombe and moved to Plymouth to establish a bank. Prideaux is shown in a painting where discussions are taking place for a journey in a balloon by Charles Green, Thomas Monck Mason and Robert Hollond. The three travelled a record distance of 500 miles in 18 hours. Prideaux was included in the painting with the artist, John Hollins, and William Milbourne James. In 1840, Prideaux's poems were published as ''Poems of Chivalry, Faery, and the Olden Time''〔(Poems of Chivalry, Faery, and the Olden Time ), Walter Prideaux, 1840, accessed May 2009〕 Prideaux died in 1889.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Walter Prideaux」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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