Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881 (historian, essayist and philosopher)

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Dates

Existence: 4 December 1795 - 4 February 1881

Biography

The historian, essayist, critic and sage Thomas Carlyle was born on 4 December 1795, in Ecclefechan, Dumfriesshire. He was educated at the village school and then in Annan at the academy. In 1809 he began studies at Edinburgh University. Originally intended for the ministry, Carlyle had showed a keenness for mathematics, as well as studying French, Latin and Greek, and became a mathematics teacher in Annan and then in Edinburgh. In 1824 he translated Goethe's Wilhelm Meister. Other publications include Sartor Resartus (1835), the three volume The French revolution (1837), the Life and letters of Oliver Cromwell (1845), and the six volume Friedrich II (1858-1865). Carlyle's wife Jane Baillie Welsh Carlyle (1801-1866), whom he married in 1826, was from Haddington, and was a prodigious letter writer. Thomas Carlyle died on 4 February 1881 and was buried in Ecclefechan.

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Rector, 1865-2003

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Identifier: EUA IN1/GOV/Da.12

Scope and Contents Rectorial candidates' promotional literature: Material relating to Artemus Ward's campaign (1865) Rectorial election scrapbooks (1868 & 1871) Printed literature relating to rectorial elections (1890-1936) Election campaigns: 1951; 1951 (Waugh campaign); 1963; 1979; 1982; 1985; 1988; 1991; 1994; 2003 Rectorial...

Dates: 1865-2003

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / University Governance and legal basis of the university

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