FitzGerald, Edward, 1809-1883 (poet and translator)
Dates
- Existence: 1809 - 1883
Biography
Edward FitzGerald (1809-1883), poet and translator, was born at Bredfield House, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, on 31 March 1809. He entered King Edward the Sixth's Grammar School at Bury St Edmunds in 1821, and joined Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1826 (B.A., 1830). Fitzgerald settled in Suffolk, and worked on the translation of classical texts, many of which were published anonymously. His best known work is an English translation from the Persian of the 'Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám', published anonymously in 1859. FitzGerald died at Merton Rectory in Norfolk on 14 June 1883.
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Edward FitzGerald: 'Bird-Parliament', 1859
Edward FitzGerald: Bird-Parliament and letters
Manuscript of Fitzgerald's translation of a Sufi poem and letters to Elizabeth and Edward Cowell.
Edward Fitzgerald: Correspondence to J.W. Blakesley, 1880-1882 (Circa)
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Edward FitzGerald: Letters to Frederick Spalding
Edward FitzGerald: Letters to Frederick Tennyson
Edward FitzGerald: letters to Stephen Spring Rice
Edward FitzGerald: letters to the Cowell Family and others
Edward FitzGerald: letters to William Frederick Pollock
Howe family of Woodbridge, Suffolk: Miscellaneous papers
Letters to Revd R. Wilkin Rees concerning Edward Fitzgerald, 1895-1907
All are letters to Wilkin Rees except where indicated.
Letters to Thomas Carlyle, with sketches of Naseby
Correspondence between E. FitzGerald and T. Carlyle, about Carlyle's investigation over the Battle of Naseby. FitzGerald sent Carlyle detailed letters, along with several sketches and watercolour paintings of the battlefield.
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- Correspondence 1