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

 Person

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.

Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:

Letter: 1873 Dec. 3, 5 Cheyne Row, Chelsea [London], to David Laing / T. Carlyle., 1873

 Item
Identifier: La.IV.4 fols. 81-82
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

After the death of David Laing, his private library was sold in an auction occupying thirty-one days. His collection of charters and other papers is of national importance and the most distinguished of its kind in any Scottish university. It is an essential source for the 18th century, and a much used one for all periods of Scottish history from the earliest times. The Laing Collection falls into five sections, designated as La.I., La.II., La.III., La.IV., and La.V.

Dates: 1873

Letter: 1873 Dec. 3, 5 Cheyne Row, Chelsea [London], to David Laing / T. Carlyle., 1873

 Item
Identifier: La.IV.4 fols. 81-82
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

After the death of David Laing, his private library was sold in an auction occupying thirty-one days. His collection of charters and other papers is of national importance and the most distinguished of its kind in any Scottish university. It is an essential source for the 18th century, and a much used one for all periods of Scottish history from the earliest times. The Laing Collection falls into five sections, designated as La.I., La.II., La.III., La.IV., and La.V.

Dates: 1873

Letter: 1873 Dec. 30, 5 Cheyne Row, Chelsea [London], to David Laing / T. Carlyle., 1873

 Item
Identifier: La.IV.4 fols. 87-90
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

After the death of David Laing, his private library was sold in an auction occupying thirty-one days. His collection of charters and other papers is of national importance and the most distinguished of its kind in any Scottish university. It is an essential source for the 18th century, and a much used one for all periods of Scottish history from the earliest times. The Laing Collection falls into five sections, designated as La.I., La.II., La.III., La.IV., and La.V.

Dates: 1873

Letter: 1874 Mar. 26, 5 Cheyne Row, Chelsea [London], to David Laing / T. Carlyle., 1874

 Item
Identifier: La.IV.4 fols. 91-92
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

After the death of David Laing, his private library was sold in an auction occupying thirty-one days. His collection of charters and other papers is of national importance and the most distinguished of its kind in any Scottish university. It is an essential source for the 18th century, and a much used one for all periods of Scottish history from the earliest times. The Laing Collection falls into five sections, designated as La.I., La.II., La.III., La.IV., and La.V.

Dates: 1874

Letters from Carlyle, Thomas, to Charles Lyell, 25 June 1850

 File — Box Box 3.1: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/22
Scope and Contents

Thanking Sir Charles for the book he sent him [it is unclear which text].

Dates: 25 June 1850

Ms letter from Thomas Carlyle to Peter Millar Cunningham, 4 December 1843

 Fonds — Box CLX-A-1318
Identifier: Coll-1740
Content Description Ms letter from Thomas Carlyle, 5 Cheyne Row, Chelsea, to Peter Millar Cunningham, Surgeon Royal Navy, 4 December 1843.The letter reads: I have received your little Essay on Compass Variations, and read it over with great satisfaction. It is a most ingenious little speculation, or rather big speculation in little bulk; and had it even otherwise, it would have pleasantly brought you to our new embrace, and been very welcome in this hour. You never come to us now; it is...
Dates: 4 December 1843

Notebook No.121, 14 September 1845-25 September 1845

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/121
Scope and Contents This notebook contains a record of Charles and Mary Lyell’s visit to the United States of America, from the end of the voyage on RMS Britannia and their arrival in Boston, to the beginning of their travels throughout parts of New England. The Lyells travel from Boston, Massachusetts to Lynn, Salem, Wenham Lake to New Hampshire, Portsmouth and the White Mountains finally to Maine, Kennebeck [sic Kennebec] River, Gardiner and Portland. The notes are comprised of commentary about politics...
Dates: 14 September 1845-25 September 1845

Notebook No.155, January 1848- May 1848

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 6: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/155
Scope and Contents This black notebook contains a record of Charles Lyell’s discussions, ideas, and recordings when in London, starting in January 1848 and including some focus on ’Americana’ before his second travels in American was published in 1849. The first pages (and from p 78] are notes on pages and references relating to the other American notebooks - which could be publishing related or organisational. It covers conversations, queries, and discussions he started in America including geological,...
Dates: January 1848- May 1848

Rector, 1865-2003

 Series — Multiple Containers
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

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