Thomas carlyle definition of history
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Thomas Carlyle's Birthplace, Ecclefechan |
Thomas Carlyle lived from 4 December 1795 to 5 February 1881. He was an essayist, satirist, and historian whose work was hugely influential during the Victorian era (his entry in the the Victorian Dictionary of National Biography covered 20 pages) and his collected works, published in 1974, ran to 30 volumes: yet he is also a man who by modern standards is very difficult to categorise. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline.
Carlyle was born in Ecclefechan, a village five miles north of Annan, in Dumfries and Galloway, which today lies close to the M74. The house in which he was born is preserved as a museum by the National Trust for Scotland. His father was a stonemason and farmer, and the household in which Carlyle grew up was strictly Calvinistic. As a 15 year old, Carlyle went to Edinburgh University, obtaining his degree in 1813.
Carlyle's parents wanted him to enter the Church, but while at Edinburgh he abando
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Thomas Carlyle
Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)
Thomas Carlyle (4 December 1795 – 5 February 1881) was a Scottish essayist, historian, philosopher, and a leading writer of the Victorian era. He strongly influenced 19th-century art, literature, and philosophy.
Carlyle was born in Ecclefechan, a village in Dumfriesshire, and attended the University of Edinburgh, where he excelled in mathematics, inventing the Carlyle circle. After finishing the arts course, he prepared to become a minister in the Burgher Church while working as a schoolmaster. He quit these and several other endeavours before settling on literature, writing for the Edinburgh Encyclopædia and working as a translator. He found initial success as a disseminator of German literature, then little-known to English readers, through his translations, his Life of Friedrich Schiller (1825), and his review essays for various journals. His first major work was a novel entitled Sartor Resartus (1833–34).
Carlyle relocated to London, where he became famous with his French Re Thomas Carlyle, Scottish historian, critic, and sociological writer. was born in the village of Ecclefechan, Dumfriesshire, eldest child of James Carlyle, stonemason, and Margaret (Aitken) Carlyle. The father was stern, irascible, a puritan of the puritans, but withal a man of rigid probity and strength of character. The mother, too, was of the Scottish earth, and Thomas' education was begun at home by both the parents. From the age of five to nine he was at the village school; from nine to fourteen at Annan Grammar School. where he showed proficiency in mathematics and was well grounded in French and Latin. In November 1809 he walked to Edinburgh, and attended courses at the University till 1814, with the ultimate aim of becoming a minister. He left without a degree, became a mathematical tutor at Annan Academy in 1814, and three years later abandoned all thoughts of entering the Kirk, having reached a theological position incompatible with its teachings. He had begun to learn German in Edinburgh, and had done much independent reading outside the regular curriculum. Late in 1816
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