What was the nationality of the person Roger North compared Nicola Matteis to?
Nicola Matteis Nicola Matteis (Matheis) (fl. c. 1670 – after 1713) was the earliest notable Italian Baroque violinist in London, whom Roger North judged in retrospect "to have bin a second to Corelli," and a composer of significant popularity in his time, though he had been utterly forgotten until the later 20th century.
Nathanael Salmon Nathanael Salmon (22 March 1675 – 2 April 1742) was an English antiquary who wrote books on Roman and other antiquities in the southeast of England. He was not well respected as a scholar in his time or subsequently but was industrious, well travelled, and recorded many local customs and much folklore.