Author: Peter Le Page Renouf
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ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Sir Peter le Page Renouf (1822-97), a Guernseyman, was described by Lord Acton as "the most learned Englishman I know". The remarkable collection of his surviving letters covers Renouf's varied career from his days as a student in Oxford, his time as a lecturer in the 1850s at the new Catholic University in Dublin until after his retirement as Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum. The letters in volume three cover Renouf's years in Dublin. He had been invited by John Henry Newman to be a lecturer in French at the opening of the Catholic University, which was later to become University College Dublin. He was subsequently appointed Professor of Ancient History and Geography. In his letters to his family he provides a vivid impression of life in the early years of the university. During this time he married Ludovica Brentano of Aschaffenburg, Germany, niece of the poet Clemens Brentano, and they started a family. On the low salary of the Catholic University, the young couple found it very difficult to make ends meet.Renouf's talents in Egyptology become apparent and he edited the "Atlantis", the university's own journal, and then helped with the editing of Sir John Dalberg Acton's "Home and Foreign Review". His extensive correspondence with Acton is included in this volume. In 1864, Acton helps to obtain a post for Renouf in England as Inspector of Schools.
The Letters of Peter Le Page Renouf (1822-1897): Dublin (1854-1864)
Author: Peter Le Page Renouf
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Sir Peter le Page Renouf (1822-97), a Guernseyman, was described by Lord Acton as "the most learned Englishman I know". The remarkable collection of his surviving letters covers Renouf's varied career from his days as a student in Oxford, his time as a lecturer in the 1850s at the new Catholic University in Dublin until after his retirement as Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum. The letters in volume three cover Renouf's years in Dublin. He had been invited by John Henry Newman to be a lecturer in French at the opening of the Catholic University, which was later to become University College Dublin. He was subsequently appointed Professor of Ancient History and Geography. In his letters to his family he provides a vivid impression of life in the early years of the university. During this time he married Ludovica Brentano of Aschaffenburg, Germany, niece of the poet Clemens Brentano, and they started a family. On the low salary of the Catholic University, the young couple found it very difficult to make ends meet.Renouf's talents in Egyptology become apparent and he edited the "Atlantis", the university's own journal, and then helped with the editing of Sir John Dalberg Acton's "Home and Foreign Review". His extensive correspondence with Acton is included in this volume. In 1864, Acton helps to obtain a post for Renouf in England as Inspector of Schools.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Sir Peter le Page Renouf (1822-97), a Guernseyman, was described by Lord Acton as "the most learned Englishman I know". The remarkable collection of his surviving letters covers Renouf's varied career from his days as a student in Oxford, his time as a lecturer in the 1850s at the new Catholic University in Dublin until after his retirement as Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum. The letters in volume three cover Renouf's years in Dublin. He had been invited by John Henry Newman to be a lecturer in French at the opening of the Catholic University, which was later to become University College Dublin. He was subsequently appointed Professor of Ancient History and Geography. In his letters to his family he provides a vivid impression of life in the early years of the university. During this time he married Ludovica Brentano of Aschaffenburg, Germany, niece of the poet Clemens Brentano, and they started a family. On the low salary of the Catholic University, the young couple found it very difficult to make ends meet.Renouf's talents in Egyptology become apparent and he edited the "Atlantis", the university's own journal, and then helped with the editing of Sir John Dalberg Acton's "Home and Foreign Review". His extensive correspondence with Acton is included in this volume. In 1864, Acton helps to obtain a post for Renouf in England as Inspector of Schools.
The Letters of Peter Le Page Renouf (1822-1897): Besançon (1846-1854)
Author: Peter Le Page Renouf
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ISBN:
Category : Asianists
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asianists
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
The Letters of Peter Le Page Renouf (1822-1897): Pembroke College, Oxford (1840-1842). St. Mary's College, Oscott (1842-1846)
Author: Peter Le Page Renouf
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asianists
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asianists
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
The Letters of Peter Le Page Renouf (1822-1897): London (1864-1897)
Author: Peter Le Page Renouf
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Category : Asianists
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Asianists
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
What is it that the Scripture Says?
Author: Philip McCosker
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0567043533
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
A volume of essays that celebrate and pay tribute to the enormous contribution to scriptural studies that Henry Wansbrough has made over the last 50 years
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0567043533
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
A volume of essays that celebrate and pay tribute to the enormous contribution to scriptural studies that Henry Wansbrough has made over the last 50 years
The Letters of Peter Le Page Renouf (1822-1897): London (1864-1897)
Author: Peter Le Page Renouf
Publisher: Univ College Dublin Press
ISBN: 9781904558033
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Sir Peter le Page Renouf (1822-97), a Guernseyman, was described by Lord Acton as 'the most learned Englishman I know'. The remarkable collection of his surviving letters, published in four volumes by University College Dublin Press between 2002 and 2004, covers Renouf's varied career from his days as a student in Oxford, his time as a lecturer in the 1850s at the new Catholic University in Dublin until after his retirement as Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum. This fourth and final volume covers Renouf's life in London from 1864 until his death in 1897. For 22 years he worked as an Inspector of Schools, mostly in the district of the Tower Hamlets. He kept up his research in Egyptology and in this volume there are many letters from his academic colleagues on the Continent. In the family correspondence there are some tantalising glimpses of the progress of the Renouf children Louis and Edith through Cambridge into adult life. In 1886 Renouf's life changed dramatically when he was appointed Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum.He became very unhappy when the Trustees insisted that he should retire at the end of 1891 and in the letters there are frequent references to efforts to have his grievances addressed. His bitterness towards his former assistant and eventual successor, E. Wallis Budge, pervades the letters in the final years of his life.
Publisher: Univ College Dublin Press
ISBN: 9781904558033
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Sir Peter le Page Renouf (1822-97), a Guernseyman, was described by Lord Acton as 'the most learned Englishman I know'. The remarkable collection of his surviving letters, published in four volumes by University College Dublin Press between 2002 and 2004, covers Renouf's varied career from his days as a student in Oxford, his time as a lecturer in the 1850s at the new Catholic University in Dublin until after his retirement as Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum. This fourth and final volume covers Renouf's life in London from 1864 until his death in 1897. For 22 years he worked as an Inspector of Schools, mostly in the district of the Tower Hamlets. He kept up his research in Egyptology and in this volume there are many letters from his academic colleagues on the Continent. In the family correspondence there are some tantalising glimpses of the progress of the Renouf children Louis and Edith through Cambridge into adult life. In 1886 Renouf's life changed dramatically when he was appointed Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum.He became very unhappy when the Trustees insisted that he should retire at the end of 1891 and in the letters there are frequent references to efforts to have his grievances addressed. His bitterness towards his former assistant and eventual successor, E. Wallis Budge, pervades the letters in the final years of his life.
The Dictionary of National Biography
Author: Leslie Stephen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1432
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1432
Book Description
The Dictionary of National Biography, Supplement
Author: Sir Sidney Lee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description