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Dallam, Thomas ___ 1575c-1630c ___ British ___ craftsperson

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Not much is known about Dallam, although it is thought he was born at Dallam, near Warrington, Cheshire. There is no information about any marriage although it is known he had a son called Robert born around 1602. Dallam became a well-known organ builder, and was commissioned by Queen Elizabeth to journey to Turkey and present an organ to Ottoman Sultan Mehmet III. Most of what is known about Dallam comes from his diary of the journey.
One biography link

DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1598-1600 ___ travel music Turkey

WEB TEXT LINKS
several quotes
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ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
British Library, Manuscripts Collection

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
Early Voyages and Travels in the Levant - The Diary of Master Thomas Dallam

October 2005
THIS IS THE DIARY JUNCTION - DATA AND LINKS FOR OVER 500 HISTORICAL AND LITERARY DIARISTS
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IMPORTANT NOTES AND CAUTIONS:
1) The first line of basic information may be incomplete in several ways: some historical figures have different names (titles, pen-names); their birth and death dates may be unknown or uncertain (g - guess, c - circa); similarly, their occupations may be unknown, or they may have had other jobs; and, for early diarists, I've used 'British' a bit too freely. 2) The biographical summary may not be accurate. It was compiled quickly from various sources, mostly on the internet, and the facts were not checked anywhere near as rigorously as they would have been if they'd been intended for publication in a printed form. 3) The journal dates and descriptors (which are in no particular order) must be treated with caution: since I have not examined the diaries myself, the descriptors are only guesses based on bibliographies, anthologies and internet biographies. 4) For the biography and etext links, I have ignored any sites with charges, and I have avoided, wherever possible, those with pop-ups or too much advertising. I have limited myself to providing three etext links where there is some variety between them. 5) For the original manuscript links, I have limited myself to providing a maximum of two (although, for a few diarists, their original diaries are held in more than two places). 6) I have provided the titles - chosen randomly - for up to three printed editions of the diaries.

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