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Who discovered the Great Fire?

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posted on 2024-02-09, 15:49 authored by Kate LovemanKate Loveman
<p>An investigation into who was present in Thomas Farriner's bakery on the night the Great Fire of London began there in 1666. Thomas Dagger, a journeyman baker, is identified for the first time as the 'man' noted in one contemporary source to have raised the alarm. </p> <p>This research was published on the Reimagining the Restoration project website in 2023.</p>

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Reimagining the Restoration: Samuel Pepys's Diary and Popular History for the Twenty-first Century

Arts and Humanities Research Council

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University of Leicester

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2023

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