William Mure (scholar)
William Mure | |
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Thomas Babington Macaulay | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 July 1799 Caldwell, Ayrshire |
| Died | 1 April 1860 (aged 60) London |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Laura Markham (m. 1825) |
| Relations | William Mure (grandfather) James Hunter Blair (grandfather) Thomas Lister (grandson) |
| Children | 6, including William, Charles, Emma |
| Parent(s) | William Mure Anne Blair |
| Education | Westminster School |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh University of Bonn |
William Mure (10 July 1799 – 1 April 1860)
Early life
William Mure was born on 10 July 1799 at
He was educated at Westminster School, at the University of Edinburgh, and afterwards in Germany at the University of Bonn.[3]
Succession
Mure succeeded to the Caldwell estates on his father's death, 9 February 1831.[3]
Career
When he was about twenty-two he contributed to the Edinburgh Review an article on Spanish literature. His first independent publication was Brief Remarks on the Chronology of the Egyptian Dynasties (against Champollion), issued in 1829; (London, 8vo). It was followed in 1832 by A Dissertation on the Calendar and Zodiac of Ancient Egypt (Edinburgh, 8vo).[4]
In 1838, Mure began a tour in Greece, leaving Ancona for Corfu on 17 February. He studied the 'topography of Ithaca, and visited Acarnania, Delphi, Boeotia, Attica, and the Peloponnese. He published an interesting Journal of a Tour in Greece and the Ionian Islands in 1842 (Edinburgh, 8vo). His principal work, A Critical History of the Language and Literature of Antient Greece,[5] was issued 1850–7, London, 8vo ;[6][7] 2nd edit. 1859, 8vo ; it consists of five volumes, but deals only with a part of the subject, viz. the early history of writing, Homer, Hesiod, the early lyric poets and historians Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon. It contains no account of the dramatists, orators, or any literature subsequent to 380 B.C. Mure also published The Commercial Policy of Pitt and Peel, 1847, 8vo ; Selections from the Family Papers [of the Mures] preserved at Caldwell, Maitland Club, 1854, 8vo ; Remarks on the Appendices to the second vol. 3rd edit, of Mr. Grote's History of Greece, London, 1851, 8vo; and National Criticism in 1858 (on a criticism of Mure's 'History of the Literature of Greece'), London, 1858, 8vo.[4][5][8]
Political career
He was M.P. for
Personal life
On 7 February 1825, Mure married Laura Markham, the second daughter of William Markham of
- M.P. for Renfrewshirefrom 1874 to 1880.
- Charles Reginald Mure, who became an officer in the 43rd light infantry.
- Emma Mure (1833–1911), who married Thomas Lister, 3rd Baron Ribblesdale (1828–1876)
He died at
References
- Notes
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ^ William Mure. Glasgow University (multi-tab page)
- ^ ISBN 9781443857765. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f Wroth 1894.
- ^ a b "William Mure (1799-1860). Ayres, ed. 1917. The Reader's Dictionary of Authors". www.bartleby.com. Bartelby. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ^ Mure, William. A critical history of the language and literature of antient Greece. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans1850–1857
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ "Review of A Critical History of the Language and Literature of Antient Greece by William Mure of Caldwell, Vols. I–III". The Quarterly Review. 87: 434–468. September 1850.
- ^ "Mure, William, 1799-1860 | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu. University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ^ "University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of William Mure of Caldwell". www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- Sources
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wroth, Warwick William (1894). "Mure, William (1799-1860)". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 39. London: Smith, Elder & Co.- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London: J. M. Dent & Sons – via Wikisource.
External links
Media related to William Mure (scholar) at Wikimedia Commons
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Mure
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- From Caldwell to Tasmania
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