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'''Rev. Henry Francis Cary''' (6 December 1772 – 14 August 1844) was a [[British nationality|British]] [[author]] and [[translator]], best known for his [[blank verse]] translation of ''[[The Divine Comedy]]'' of [[Dante]].<ref name="EB1911"/>
'''The Reverend Henry Francis Cary''' (6 December 1772 – 14 August 1844) was a [[British nationality|British]] [[author]] and [[translator]], best known for his [[blank verse]] translation of ''[[The Divine Comedy]]'' of [[Dante]].<ref name="EB1911"/><ref>Richard Garnett (1887). "[[wikisource:Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Cary, Henry Francis|Cary, Henry Francis]]". In ''Dictionary of National Biography''. '''9'''. London. pp. 243-244.</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Henry Francis Cary was born in [[Gibraltar]], on 6 December 1772. He was the eldest son of William Cary, at the time a Captain of the First Regiment of Foot, by Henrietta daughter of Theophilus Brocas, Dean of Killala. His grandfather, Henry Cary was archdeacon, and his great grandfather, [[Mordecai Cary]], bishop of that diocese.<ref name=bio>Henry Cary, Memoir of the Rev. Henry Francis Cary M.A. (1847) Edward Moxon, Dover St, London.</ref>
Henry Francis Cary was born in [[Gibraltar]], on 6 December 1772. He was the eldest son of Henrietta Brocas and William Cary. Henrietta was the daughter of Theophilus Brocas, Dean of Killala and William, at the time, was a captain of the First Regiment of Foot. His grandfather, Henry Cary was archdeacon, and his great grandfather, [[Mordecai Cary]], bishop of that diocese.<ref name=bio>Henry Cary, [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006518430 Memoir of the Rev. Henry Francis Cary M.A.] (1847) Edward Moxon, Dover St, London.</ref>
[[File:Cary Dante Dore.jpg|thumb|left|The Dante translation with [[Gustave Doré]] illustrations.]]
[[File:Cary Dante Dore.jpg|thumb|left|The Dante translation with [[Gustave Doré]] illustrations]]
He was educated at [[Rugby School]] and at the [[grammar school]]s of [[Sutton Coldfield]] and [[Birmingham]], and at [[Christ Church, Oxford]], which he entered in 1790 and studied French and Italian literature. While at school he regularly contributed to the ''[[Gentleman's Magazine]]'', and published a volume of Sonnets and Odes. He took holy orders and in 1797 became vicar of [[Abbots Bromley]] in [[Staffordshire]]. He held this benefice until his death. In 1800 he also became vicar of [[Kingsbury, Warwickshire|Kingsbury]] in Warwickshire.
He was educated at [[Rugby School]] and at the [[grammar school]]s of [[Sutton Coldfield]] and [[Birmingham]], as well as at [[Christ Church, Oxford]], which he entered in 1790 and studied French and Italian literature. While at school he regularly contributed to the ''[[Gentleman's Magazine]]'', and published a volume of ''Sonnets and Odes''. He took holy orders and in 1797 and became vicar of [[Abbots Bromley]] in [[Staffordshire]]. He held this benefice until his death. In 1800 he also became vicar of [[Kingsbury, Warwickshire|Kingsbury]] in Warwickshire.


At Christ Church he studied [[French language|French]] and [[Italian language|Italian]] literature which can be seen in his notes to his translation of [[Dante Alighieri|Dante]]. The version of the ''Inferno'' was published in 1805 together with the original text.
At Christ Church he studied [[French language|French]] and [[Italian language|Italian]] literature, his command of which is evidenced in his notes to his translation of [[Dante Alighieri|Dante]]. The version of the ''Inferno'' was published in 1805 together with the original text.


Cary moved to [[London]] in 1808, where he became reader at the Berkeley Chapel and subsequently lecturer at [[Chiswick]] and curate of the [[Savoy Chapel]]. His version of the whole ''[[The Divine Comedy|Divina Commedia]]'' in [[blank verse]] appeared in 1814. It was published at Cary's own expense, as the publisher refused to undertake the risk, owing to the failure incurred over the ''Inferno''. The translation was brought to the notice of [[Samuel Rogers]] by [[Thomas Moore]]. Rogers made some additions to an article on it by [[Ugo Foscolo]] in the ''Edinburgh Review''. This article, and praise bestowed on the work by [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge|Coleridge]] in a lecture at the [[Royal Institution]], led to a general acknowledgment of its merit. Cary's ''Dante'' gradually took its place among standard works, passing through four editions in the translator's lifetime..
Cary moved to [[London]] in 1808, where he became reader at the Berkeley Chapel and subsequently, lecturer at [[Chiswick]] and curate of the [[Savoy Chapel]]. His version of the whole ''[[The Divine Comedy|Divina Commedia]]'' in [[blank verse]] appeared in 1814. It was published at Cary's own expense, as the publisher refused to undertake the risk, owing to the failure incurred over the ''Inferno''.


The translation was brought to the notice of [[Samuel Rogers]] by [[Thomas Moore]]. Rogers made some additions to an article on it by [[Ugo Foscolo]] in the ''Edinburgh Review''. This article, and praise bestowed on the work by [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge|Coleridge]] in a lecture at the [[Royal Institution]], led to a general acknowledgment of its merit. Cary's ''Dante'' gradually took its place among standard works, passing through four editions in his lifetime.
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In 1824 Cary published a translation of ''[[The Birds (play)|The Birds]]'' of [[Aristophanes]], and, about 1834, of the ''Odes'' of [[Pindar]]. In 1826 he was appointed assistant-librarian in the [[British Museum]], a post which he held for about eleven years. He resigned because the appointment of keeper of the printed books, which should have been his in the ordinary course of promotion, was refused to him when it fell vacant. In 1841 a crown pension of £200 a year, obtained through the efforts of Samuel Rogers, was conferred on him. Cary's ''Lives of the early French Poets'', and ''Lives of English Poets'' (from [[Samuel Johnson]] to [[Henry Kirke White]]), intended as a continuation of Johnson's ''Lives of the Poets'', were published in collected form in 1846. He died in Charlotte St, St George's, Bloomsbury, London in 1844 and was buried in Poets' Corner, [[Westminster Abbey]].


In 1833, Cary was granted six months' leave of absence because of illness and travelled with his manservant and his son, Francis, to Italy visiting Amiens, Paris, Lyons, Aix, Nice, Mentone, Genoa, Pisa, Florence, Sienna, Rome (a month), Naples, Bologna, Verona, Venice (a month), Innsbruck, Munich, Nuremberg, Frankfurt, Cologne, Rotterdam, The Hague, Amsterdam, Brussels, Ghent, and Bruges.
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A memoir was published by his son, Judge [[Henry Cary (judge)|Henry Cary]], in 1847.<ref name=bio/> Another son, [[Francis Stephen Cary]] became a well-known art teacher, succeeding [[Henry Sass]] as the head of his art academy in London.

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In 1824, Cary published a translation of ''[[The Birds (play)|The Birds]]'' of [[Aristophanes]], and, about 1834, he published his translation of the ''Odes'' of [[Pindar]]. In 1826 he was appointed assistant-librarian in the [[British Museum]], a post that he held for about eleven years. He resigned because the appointment of keeper of the printed books, which should have been his in the ordinary course of promotion, was refused to him when it fell vacant. In 1841 a crown pension of £200 a year, obtained through the efforts of Samuel Rogers, was conferred on him.

Cary's ''Lives of the early French Poets'', and ''Lives of English Poets'' (from [[Samuel Johnson]] to [[Henry Kirke White]]), intended as a continuation of Johnson's ''Lives of the Poets'', were published in collected form in 1846. He died in Charlotte St., St. George's, Bloomsbury, London, in 1844 and was buried in [[Poets' Corner]], Westminster Abbey.

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A memoir was published by his son, Judge [[Henry Cary (judge)|Henry Cary]], in 1847.<ref name=bio/> Another son, [[Francis Stephen Cary]], became a well-known art teacher, succeeding [[Henry Sass]] as the head of his art academy in London.


==See also==
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* [[English translations of Homer#CaryIl|English translations of Homer: Henry Francis Cary]]
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* [[English translations of Homer#Cary|English translations of Homer: Henry Francis Cary]]
* [[List of Gibraltarians]]
* [[List of Gibraltarians]]


==References==
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* [http://www.danteinferno.info/translations/canto1.html Cary's translation of Dante side by side with those of Longfellow and Norton]
* [http://www.danteinferno.info/translations/canto1.html Cary's translation of Dante side by side with those of Longfellow and Norton]
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For other people named Henry Cary, see Henry Cary (disambiguation).

Henry Cary
Portrait by his son, Francis Stephen Cary
Born6 December 1772 (1772-12-06)
Gibraltar
Died14 August 1844 (1844-08-15)
Bloomsbury
Resting placeWestminster Abbey
NationalityBritish
Educationin Uxbridge, then Rugby School, then Sutton Coldfield Grammar School, then Birmingham Grammar School
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
Occupation(s)Poet, clergyman, translator, and librarian
EmployerBritish Museum
Known forHis blank verse translation of The Divine Comedy of Dante[1]
SpouseJane Ormsby (1773–1832)
ChildrenWilliam Lucius Cary (1797–1869)
Jane Sophia Cary (1799–1816)
Henrietta Cary (1801–1807)
James Walter Cary (1802–1879)
Henry Cary (1804–1870)
Charles Thomas Cary (1806–1881)
Francis Stephen Cary (1808–1880)
John Cary (1813–1813)
Richard Cary (1817–1845)

The Reverend Henry Francis Cary (6 December 1772 – 14 August 1844) was a British author and translator, best known for his blank verse translation of The Divine Comedy of Dante.[1][2]

Biography[edit]

Henry Francis Cary was born in Gibraltar, on 6 December 1772. He was the eldest son of Henrietta Brocas and William Cary. Henrietta was the daughter of Theophilus Brocas, Dean of Killala and William, at the time, was a captain of the First Regiment of Foot. His grandfather, Henry Cary was archdeacon, and his great grandfather, Mordecai Cary, bishop of that diocese.[3]

The Dante translation with Gustave Doré illustrations

He was educated at Rugby School and at the grammar schools of Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham, as well as at Christ Church, Oxford, which he entered in 1790 and studied French and Italian literature. While at school he regularly contributed to the Gentleman's Magazine, and published a volume of Sonnets and Odes. He took holy orders and in 1797 and became vicar of Abbots Bromley in Staffordshire. He held this benefice until his death. In 1800 he also became vicar of Kingsbury in Warwickshire.

At Christ Church he studied French and Italian literature, his command of which is evidenced in his notes to his translation of Dante. The version of the Inferno was published in 1805 together with the original text.

Cary moved to London in 1808, where he became reader at the Berkeley Chapel and subsequently, lecturer at Chiswick and curate of the Savoy Chapel. His version of the whole Divina Commedia in blank verse appeared in 1814. It was published at Cary's own expense, as the publisher refused to undertake the risk, owing to the failure incurred over the Inferno.

The translation was brought to the notice of Samuel Rogers by Thomas Moore. Rogers made some additions to an article on it by Ugo Foscolo in the Edinburgh Review. This article, and praise bestowed on the work by Coleridge in a lecture at the Royal Institution, led to a general acknowledgment of its merit. Cary's Dante gradually took its place among standard works, passing through four editions in his lifetime.

In 1833, Cary was granted six months' leave of absence because of illness and travelled with his manservant and his son, Francis, to Italy visiting Amiens, Paris, Lyons, Aix, Nice, Mentone, Genoa, Pisa, Florence, Sienna, Rome (a month), Naples, Bologna, Verona, Venice (a month), Innsbruck, Munich, Nuremberg, Frankfurt, Cologne, Rotterdam, The Hague, Amsterdam, Brussels, Ghent, and Bruges.

In 1824, Cary published a translation of The Birds of Aristophanes, and, about 1834, he published his translation of the Odes of Pindar. In 1826 he was appointed assistant-librarian in the British Museum, a post that he held for about eleven years. He resigned because the appointment of keeper of the printed books, which should have been his in the ordinary course of promotion, was refused to him when it fell vacant. In 1841 a crown pension of £200 a year, obtained through the efforts of Samuel Rogers, was conferred on him.

Cary's Lives of the early French Poets, and Lives of English Poets (from Samuel Johnson to Henry Kirke White), intended as a continuation of Johnson's Lives of the Poets, were published in collected form in 1846. He died in Charlotte St., St. George's, Bloomsbury, London, in 1844 and was buried in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey.

A memoir was published by his son, Judge Henry Cary, in 1847.[3] Another son, Francis Stephen Cary, became a well-known art teacher, succeeding Henry Sass as the head of his art academy in London.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cary, Henry Francis". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 438–439.
  2. ^ Richard Garnett (1887). "Cary, Henry Francis". In Dictionary of National Biography. 9. London. pp. 243-244.
  3. ^ a b Henry Cary, Memoir of the Rev. Henry Francis Cary M.A. (1847) Edward Moxon, Dover St, London.

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