Benjamin Thorpe
Benjamin Thorpe (1782 – 19 July 1870) was an English scholar of
Biography
In the early 1820s he worked as a banker in the
After studying for four years at
In recognition of unremunerative work, Thorpe was granted a
Bibliography
In 1830 Thorpe brought out at Copenhagen an English version of Rask's Anglo-Saxon Grammar (a second edition of this appeared at London). That same year he moved to London with his new wife Mary Otte and her daughter Elise Otté. Thorpe educated and oppressed his step daughter and she had a troubled relationship and unattributed partnership with him throughout his life.[4]
In 1832 he published at London Cædmon's Metrical Paraphrase of Parts of the Holy Scriptures in Anglo-Saxon; with an English Translation, Notes, and a Verbal Index, which was well reviewed. It was followed in 1834 by the Anglo-Saxon Version of the Story of Apollonius of Tyre[5] and by Analecta Anglo-Saxonica, a textbook which was adopted at Oxford by Robert Meadows White.[6] The Analecta was used, with Vernon's Anglo-Saxon Guide, for 40 years.[3]
In 1835 Thorpe published Libri Psalmorum Versio antiqua Latina
In 1834 Thorpe had begun a translation of Johann Martin Lappenberg's works on old English history, but was deterred. By 1842 he had started another version, with alterations, corrections, and notes of his own; it was published in two volumes in 1845 as A History of England under the Anglo-Saxon Kings. It was followed eventually by a version of Lappenberg's History of England under the Norman Kings (1857). Thorpe's two-volume edition of Florence of Worcester was issued in 1848–49.[3][10]
For the publisher Edward Lumley Thorpe produced Northern Mythology (1851)
In 1861 Thorpe edited for the
References
- ^ Amalie M. Kass and Edward H. Kass, Perfecting the World: The life and times of Dr. Thomas Hodgkin, 1798–1866 (1988), pp. 101–3.
- ^ Chisholm 1911.
- ^ a b c d e f Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
- ^ Thomas Seccombe, ‘Thorpe, Benjamin (1781/2–1870)’, rev. John D. Haigh, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 17 Feb 2015
- ^ Anglo-Saxon Version of the Story of Apollonius of Tyre, upon which is founded the play of "Pericles," from a MS., with a Translation and Glossary.
- ^ Analecta Anglo-Saxonica: a selection in prose and verse from Anglo-Saxon authors of various ages, with a Glossary (Oxford, 1834, 1846 and 1868).
- ^ Libri Psalmorum Versio antiqua Latina; cum Paraphrasi Anglo-Saxonica … nunc primum e cod. MS. in Bibl. Regia Parisiensi adservato (Oxford).
- ^ Ancient Laws and Institutes of England, comprising the Laws enacted under the Anglo-Saxon Kings from Ethelbert to Canut, with an English Translation (London, 1840).
- ^ Based on Cod. Bibl. Pub. Cant. li. 2, 11, collated with Cod. C. C. C. Cambr., s. 4, 140.
- ^ Florentii Wigornensis monachi Chronicon ex Chronicis ab adventu Hengesti … usque ad annum mcxvii, cui accesserunt continuationes duæ, collated and edited with English notes (London).
- ^ Northern Mythology, comprising the principal popular Traditions and Superstitions of Scandinavia, North Germany, and the Netherlands … from original and other sources (London, 3 vols.)
- ^ Yule Tide Stories: a collection of Scandinavian Tales and Traditions
- ^ Diplomatarium Anglicum Ævi Saxonici: a Collection of English Charters (605–1066), containing Miscellaneous Charters, Wills, Guilds, Manumissions, and Aquittances, with a translation of the Anglo-Saxon’ (London).
- ^ Edda Sæmundar Hinns Frôða: the Edda of Sæmund the Learned, from the old Norse or Icelandic, with a mythological index and an index of persons and places, issued in two parts (London).
- Attribution
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Seccombe, Thomas (1898). "Thorpe, Benjamin". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 56. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Thorpe, Benjamin". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 881–882. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
- Seccombe, Thomas; Haigh, John D. "Thorpe, Benjamin (1781/2–1870)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/27375. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
External links
- Media related to Benjamin Thorpe at Wikimedia Commons
- Works by or about Benjamin Thorpe at Wikisource
- Works by Benjamin Thorpe at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Benjamin Thorpe at Internet Archive
- Works by Benjamin Thorpe at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Analecta Anglo-Saxonica (1868)
- Brief entry on Thorpe in Notes and Queries, 1898