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Thomas Gale was born in 1636 at Scruton, Yorkshire.
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Thomas Gale was born in 1636 at Scruton, Yorkshire.
He was educated at Westminster school and Trinity College, Cambridge, of which he became a fellow.
In 1666 he was appointed regius professor of Greek at Cambridge, in 1672 high master of St Paul's school, in 1676 prebendary of St Paul's, in 1677 a fellow of the Royal Society, and in 1697 dean of York.
He published a collection, Opuscida mythologica, ethica, et physica, and editions of several Greek and Latin authors.
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He was the author of the inscription on the London Monument in which the Roman Catholics were accused of having originated the great fire.
