Did Thomas Pearne do anything other than contradict Granville Sharp?

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Thomas Pearne, of Peterhouse, Cambridge, was also a Shakespeare critic.

The article explores the criticism of William Shakespeare by Thomas Pearne in his book review of "Shakespeare," edited by Issac Reed and published in 1785. The review was originally serialized in the 1786 British periodical the "Monthly Review." The author compares Pearne's comments with the editorial glosses which appear in the 1974 edition of "The Riverside Shakespeare." Source: http://pdc-connection.ebscohost.com/c/literary-criticism/34685030/thomas-pearne-peterhouse-cambridge-shakespeare-critic

It seems that Gregory Blunt is the pseudonym of Thomas Pearne:

Gregory Blunt: Pseudonym of Thomas Pearne, of Peterhouse, Cambridge (c. 1753-1827) B.A. 1777, M.A. 1780, Fellow at Cambridge and a good classical scholar. Author of β€œSix More Letters to Granville Sharp, Esq., on his Remarks upon the Uses of the Article in the Greek Testament. London: J. Johnston, 1803” Address: https://drgregoryblunt.wordpress.com/ Source: https://independent.academia.edu/BluntGregory

Whether the work of Thomas Pearne (with regard to Shakespeare) is considered worthy, I could not say. That academic stuff is out of my league and well above my pay grade.

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