FitzGerald, Edward, 1809-1883 (poet and translator)
Person
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:
File
Edward FitzGerald: 'Bird-Parliament', 1859
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4504
Scope and Contents
Includes occasional notes in the hand of E.B. Cowell, who has also touched up the illegible portions of the text. Also includes: Fo. i: 'This copy of the 'Bird Parliament' was sent to me by Fitzgerald, when I was in Calcutta. It was wrecked in the Steamer from Aden and was for some weeks under the sea; when it was recovered much of the MS was almost illegible. E.B.C.' Fo. ii: 'N.B. This volume was sent out to me in 1859 or 1860, when we were staying in the Bishop of Calcutta's palace, during...
Dates:
1859
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Fonds
Edward FitzGerald: Bird-Parliament and letters
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4505, 4507
Scope and Contents
Manuscript of Fitzgerald's translation of a Sufi poem and letters to Elizabeth and Edward Cowell.
Dates:
1857-1860
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Series
Edward Fitzgerald: Correspondence to J.W. Blakesley, 1880-1882 (Circa)
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8812/62-66
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Dates:
1880-1882 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Miscellaneous accessions
Fonds
Edward FitzGerald: Letters to Frederick Spalding
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7756
Dates:
1865-1882
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Edward FitzGerald: Letters to Frederick Tennyson
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7749
Dates:
1840-1883
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Edward FitzGerald: letters to Stephen Spring Rice
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7750
Dates:
1851-1863
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Edward FitzGerald: letters to the Cowell Family and others
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7752-7754
Dates:
1837-1881
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Edward FitzGerald: letters to William Frederick Pollock
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7751
Dates:
1839-1882
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Howe family of Woodbridge, Suffolk: Miscellaneous papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8278
Scope and Contents
The primary interest of this small collection lies in the connection of the Howe family with Edward Fitzgerald. During the decade before his death in June 1883, Fitzgerald lived at Little Grange outside Woodbridge, employing as housekeepers John Howe, a retired sailor (whom he had known since 1862), and his wife Mary Ann(e). The following documents concern this couple, their sons George Adams Howe and John Amos Howe, and Grace Howe, daughter of John Amos.The Howe family of...
Dates:
16 Aug. 1840-25 Apr. 1959 (19th century to 20th century)
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
File
Letters to Revd R. Wilkin Rees concerning Edward Fitzgerald, 1895-1907
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.2744.5
Scope and Contents
All are letters to Wilkin Rees except where indicated.
Dates:
1895-1907
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Collectania
Fonds
Letters to Thomas Carlyle, with sketches of Naseby
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7062
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1842 - 1846
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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