active 1759-1775 Thomas Bridges

An English writer active in the mid-18th century, Thomas Bridges was born in Hull around 1710 and later worked as a wine merchant and as a partner in a banking firm. He is chiefly remembered for comic and satirical writing that poked fun at grand literary styles.

His best-known book is A Travestie of Homer (published in 1762 under the pseudonym "Caustic Barebones"), a burlesque take on the Iliad that proved popular enough to be reprinted several times. He also wrote The Battle of the Genii (1765), a send-up of Milton, and his only novel, The Adventures of a Bank-Note (1770).

Bridges also wrote for the stage. His plays include Dido, a comic opera produced at the Haymarket Theatre in 1771 with music by James Hook, and The Dutchman (1775), another musical entertainment. No suitable confirmed portrait image was found during this search.