Edward Dodwell
Edward Dodwell | |
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Born | Dublin, Ireland | 30 November 1767
Died | 13 May 1832 Rome, Papal States | (aged 65)
Occupation | Writer, painter |
Genre | travel literature |
Notable works | Views in Greece |
Spouse | Giraud |
Edward Dodwell (30 November 1767 – 13 May 1832) was an Irish painter, traveller and a writer on archaeology.
Biography
Dodwell was born in Ireland and belonged to the same family as Henry Dodwell, the theologian. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.[1]
Dodwell travelled from 1801 to 1806 in
Sabine Mountains. Dodwell's widow, a daughter of Count Giraud and thirty years his junior, subsequently became famous as the "beautiful" countess of Spaur, and played a considerable role in the political life of the papal city.[2]
Dodwell published A Classical and Topographical Tour through Greece (1819), of which a German translation appeared in 1821; Views in Greece, with thirty colored plates (1821); and Views and Descriptions of Cyclopian or Pelasgic Remains in Italy and Greece (London and Paris, with French text, 1834).[2]
References
- ^ "Dodwell, Edward (DDWL795E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ a b public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Dodwell, Edward". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 374. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
External links
- Works related to Edward Dodwell at Wikisource
- Media related to Edward Dodwell at Wikimedia Commons
- Facsimile copies of the 1st editions of Dodwell's three books