Laurence Echard
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Laurence Echard (c. 1670–1730) was an English historian and clergyman. He wrote a History of England that was a standard work in its time.
Life
Echard was the son of the Rev. Thomas Echard or Eachard of
John Moore, bishop of Norwich, he was presented to the livings of Welton and Elkington, Lincolnshire, and appointed chaplain to the Bishop of Lincoln
.
For more than 20 years Echard remained in Lincolnshire, chiefly at
Archdeacon of Stow. In or about 1722 Echard was presented by George I with the livings of Rendlesham and Sudbourne in Suffolk. There he lived in bad health for nearly eight years. He died at Lincoln, while on his way to Scarborough for the benefit of the waters, on 16 August 1730, and was buried in the chancel of St Mary Magdalen's Church on the 29th of that month.[2]
Works
Echard translated
Rapin de Thoyras's French Histoire d'Angleterre ("History of England") began to appear in English in 1727.[2] Echard also wrote a history of the Roman republic from its founding to the Augustan settlement[4]
Family
Echard married first Jane, daughter of the Rev. Potter of Yorkshire, and secondly Justin, daughter of Robert Wooley of Well, Lincolnshire. There were no children by either marriage.
Notes
- ^ "Eachard, Laurence (ECRT688L)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ a b The Forgotten Historian. Ronald T. Ridley. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ Royal Collection Trust. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "Echard's Roman History".
References
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cousin, John William (1910). "Echard, Laurence". A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London: J. M. Dent & Sons – via Wikisource.- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Echard, Laurence". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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