Thomas Okey
Thomas Okey (30 September 1852 – 4 May 1935) was a British expert on basket weaving, a translator of Italian, and a writer on art and the topography of architecture and art works in Italy and France. Okey's first experience of the Italian language came when he attended the Extension Lectures at Toynbee Hall in the 1880s.In 1919, he became the first Serena Professor of Italian at the University of Cambridge. Okey was a hereditary basket maker from a poor East End of London family, and on his appointment at Cambridge he stated that:
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He was made a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College in 1920. Okey was also a member of the Art Workers' Guild, and was elected Master in 1914. Provided by Wikipedia
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Venice and its story.
London : New York : J. M. Dent & co.; The Macmillan co., 1904
[3d ed.].Format: Book
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An introduction to the art of basket-making
London, New York [etc.] : Sir I. Pitman & sons, ltd., 1912Format: Book
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Paris and its story, by T. Okey; illustrated by Katherine Kimball & O. F. M. Ward.
London, New York, J. M. Dent & co.; The Macmillan co., 1904Format: Book
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The old Venetian palaces and old Venetian folk
London : New York : J. M. Dent & co.; E. P. Dutton & co., 1907Format: Book
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Travels in France and Italy / Arthur Young.
London : New York : Dent ; Dutton, 1934Other Authors: “…Okey, Thomas, 1852-1935…”
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Travels in France & Italy during the years 1787, 1788 and 1789
London ; Toronto : New York : E. P. Dutton & Colo., J.M. Dent & sons, ltd. ; 1915Other Authors: “…Okey, Thomas, 1852-1935…”
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Italy today
New York : Scribner, 1913Other Authors: “…Okey, Thomas, 1852-1935…”
New and enlarged ed.
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