Tom Arnold (literary scholar)
Thomas Arnold | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 November 1823 |
| Died | 12 November 1900 (aged 76) Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation | School inspector, teacher, writer, academic |
| Nationality | British |
| Period | Victorian |
| Genre | non-fiction |
| Subject | History of literature |
| Spouse | Julia Sorell (m. 1826–1888)Josephine Maria Benison
(m. 1890) |
| Children | 9 (including Mary Augusta, William, Julia and Ethel) |
| Relatives |
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Thomas Arnold (30 November 1823 – 12 November 1900), also known as Thomas Arnold the Younger, was an English literary scholar.
Life
He was the second son of
While in Tasmania, Arnold converted from
Arnold opened a private tutoring establishment in Oxford, and began to attend Church of England services. He edited a number of important literary works, including Beowulf. In 1876 he stood for election to the Chair of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. Finding that some supporters were campaigning for him as the "Anglican" candidate, he felt this put him in a false position; on the eve of the election he announced his intention of being reconciled to the Catholic Church. It is unlikely that this had much effect on the election, but family tradition maintained that he had cast away a great opportunity for a scruple. After a period of financial hardship, in which his main occupation was editorial work for the Rolls Series, Arnold returned to Dublin in 1882 as professor of English literature at University College, teaching to the end of his life in 1900. One of his last students was James Joyce.
Publications
As author
- A Manual of English Literature, Historical and Critical. London: Longman & Co., 1862 (much reprinted to 1897).
- Chaucer to Wordsworth: a Short History of English Literature to the present day. London: Thomas Murby, 1870. 2nd ed. 1875.
- Catholic Higher Education in Ireland. Dublin: M. H. Gill & Son, 1897.
- Notes on Beowulf. London: Longmans, Green, 1898.
- Passages in a Wandering Life. London: Edward Arnold, 1900.
As editor
- Select English Works of John Wycliffe from Original Manuscripts. 3 vols. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1869–1871.
- Selections from Addison's Papers contributed to the Spectator. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1875.
- Beowulf: a Heroic Poem of the Eighth Century, with a translation. London: Longmans, Green, 1876.
- Henrici Archidiaconi Huntendunensis Historia Anglorum. The History of the English, by Henry, Archdeacon of Huntingdon, from A.D. 55 to A.D. 1154. Chronicles and memorials of Great Britain and Ireland during the Middle Ages ("Rolls Series") 74. London: Longman & Co., 1879.
- English Poetry and Prose: a collection of illustrative passages from the writings of English authors, commencing in the Anglo-Saxon period, and brought down to the present time. 2nd edition. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1882.
- Symeonis monachi opera omnia. 2 vols. Rolls Series 75. London: Longman & Co., 1882–1885.
- Edward Hyde, The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England. Book VI. Second edition, 1894.
- Together with William E. Addis he compiled A Catholic Dictionary. First edition, London: Kegan Paul & Co., 1884. Much reissued.
References
- ^ a b Anne M. Sebba, 'Arnold, Ethel Margaret (1864/5–1930)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 6 Nov 2017
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Bernard Bergonzi, "Arnold, Thomas (1823–1900)," in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, ed. H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. Available online to subscribers. Accessed 31 December 2007.
- ISBN 0-19-925741-8. OUP link.
- P.A. Howell. Thomas Arnold the younger in Van Diemen's Land. Tasmania: Tasmanian Historical Research Association, 1964.
- James Bertram, ed., New Zealand Letters of Thomas Arnold the younger, with further letters from Van Diemen's land and letters of Arthur Hugh Clough, 1847-1851. London and Wellington: University of Auckland, Oxford University Press, 1966.
- Julian Huxley, Memories. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1970.
- Thomas Seccombe (1901). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.
