William Edward Hartpole Lecky

Lecky then concentrated on his major work, A History of England during the Eighteenth Century, Vols. i. and ii. of which appeared in 1878, Vols. v. and vi in 1887,[8] and Vols. vii. and viii., which completed the work, in 1890.^[9] In the "cabinet" edition of 1892, in 12 volumes (later reprinted), A History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century is separated out.

A volume of Poems (1891) was less successful. In 1896, he published two volumes entitled Democracy and Liberty, in which he considered modern democracy. The pessimistic conclusions at which he arrived provoked criticism in both the United Kingdom and the

In The Map of Life (1899) Lecky discussed in a popular style ethical problems of everyday life. In 1903, he published a revised and enlarged edition of Leaders of Public Opinion in Ireland, in two volumes, with the essay on Swift omitted and that on O'Connell expanded into a complete biography. A critic of the methods by which the

His university honours included the degree of LL.D. from Dublin, St Andrews and Glasgow, the degree of D.C.L. from Oxford and the degree of Litt.D. from Cambridge.^[14] In 1894, he was elected corresponding member of the Institute of France. He contributed occasionally to periodical literature, and two of his addresses, The Political Value of History (1892) and The Empire, its Value and its Growth (1893), were published.

Family and posthumous recognition

After his father died when Lecky was 14, he was raised as a member of the family of the 8th Earl of Carnwath, his stepmother's husband.^[15]

He was married in 1871 to

In 1904, money for a memorial was raised by subscription and a statue by Goscombe John was erected in Trinity College, Dublin.

A volume of Lecky's Historical and Political Essays was published posthumously (London, 1908), edited and introduced by his wife.

The Lecky Chair of History at Trinity College Dublin, was endowed by his widow in 1913.

One of the constituent libraries of Trinity College Dublin is also named in his honour, along with that of the Berkeley and Ussher libraries.

In 1978, part of the college's humanities library complex was named in his honour.^[17]

Learned societies

Lecky was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1891.^[18]

Bibliography

• History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe (1865): online
• History of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne (1869):^[19] volume one of two; volume two of two
• The Leaders of Public Opinion in Ireland: Swift, Flood, Grattan, O'Connell (1871, revised ed.)
• A History of England in the Eighteenth Century (1878): online edition volume 1; volume 8
• A History of England in the Eighteenth Century (1888-1890) (8 rare original volume set in private collection from the estate of Eleanor Silliman Belknap Humphrey). New York:
  D. Appleton and Company
  , 1,3, and 5 Bond Street).Includes all chapters, Preface, Bibliography, and Index.
• William Edward Hartpole Lecky (1892),
  Wikidata Q73875725
• "Democracy and Liberty" (1896)
• Map of Life (1899): online
• Introduction to Edward Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1906): online
• Historical and Political Essays (1908): online; gutenberg online
• Advertisement in New York Times seeking subscriptions to Lecky's Memorial Fund (9 July 1904): facsimile

Notes

1. ^ "William Edward Hartpole Lecky Facts". biography.yourdictionary.com. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
2. ^ Lecky, William Edward Hartpole (1890). "Chapters XXIX-XXXII". History of England, Vol. VIII ((with Bibliography)) (First ed.). New York, 1,3,and 5 Bond Street: D. Appleton and Company. pp. 1–649. History of England in the Eighteenth Century.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
3. ^ A History of England during the Eighteenth Century. London: Longmans, Green, and Company; 1890–1891, 8 vols.; various editions{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
4. ^ "William Edward Hartpole Lecky Facts". biography.yourdictionary.com. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
5. ^ "William Edward Hartpole Lecky - Online Library of Liberty". oll.libertyfund.org. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
6. ^ Lecky, William Edward Hartpole (1895). "History of European morals from Augustus to Charlemagne". New York : D. Appleton and Co. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
7. ^ Aspiz, Harold (1962). "Lecky's Influence on Mark Twain". Science & Society. 26 (1): 15–25.
8. ^ "Review of A History of England during the Eighteenth Century by W. E. H. Lecky, Vols. V and VI, London, 1887". The Quarterly Review. 165: 1–36. July 1887.
9. ^ "Review of A History of England in the Eighteenth Century by W. E. H. Lecky, Vols VII and VIII, 1890". The Quarterly Review. 172: 1–32. January 1891.
10. ^ "William Edward Hartpole Lecky - Online Library of Liberty". oll.libertyfund.org. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
11. ^ "The Coronation Honours". The Times. No. 36804. London. 26 June 1902. p. 5.
12. ^ "No. 27470". The London Gazette. 2 September 1902. p. 5679.
13. ^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36908. London. 25 October 1902. p. 8.
14. ^ "Lecky, William Edward Hartpole (LKY891WE)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
15. ^ "William Edward Hartpole Lecky Facts". biography.yourdictionary.com. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
16. ^ "W. E. H. Lecky (1838–1903)". www.ricorso.net. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
17. ISBN 9781107011205
    .
18. ^ American Antiquarian Society Members Directory
19. ^ "Review of History of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne by W. E. H. Lecky". The Quarterly Review. 128: 49–81. January 1870.

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Lecky, William Edward Hartpole". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 354.
•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Lecky, William Edward Hartpole". Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.
• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Beach, Chandler B., ed. (1914). "Lecky, William Edward Hartpole" . The New Student's Reference Work . Chicago: F. E. Compton and Co.

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