Dibdin Thomas Frognal

Dibdin, Thomas Frognal (1776-1847), the nephew of Charles Dibdin, was an English bibliographer. Educated at Eton and Oxford, he adopted the law as a profession, and practised for a time. He then entered holy orders and became a popular preacher in London. He was for some time librarian to Lord Spencer. In 1812 he was elected first vice-president of the Roxburghe Club. Among his works were Bibliomania, Bibliographical Decameron, Typographical Antiquities of Great Britain, and Reminiscences of a Literary Life (published 1836).