Henry Petrie

Frederick Henry Petrie (* 1768 in London ; † March 17, 1842 ibid) was a British historian and archivist .

Life

Henry Petrie was born in 1768 and baptized on April 28, 1772 in St. Mary's Church in the London Borough of Lambeth . Petrie's father was a schoolmaster at Stockwell and had planned the same career for his son. However, Petrie himself was more interested in historical and antiquarian research, which is why he made numerous sketches and several hundred watercolors of historical buildings in southern England and northern France between 1800 and 1809 . Thomas Frognall Dibdin , to whom Petrie gave private lessons in French and drawing , introduced his teacher to Earl Spencer , who encouraged Petrie in his research.

After the death of Samuel Lysons in 1819, Petrie was appointed senior archivist at the Tower of London . The following year, Petrie was elected to the Society of Antiquaries of London and began to study the early history of England intensively . An attempt by John Pinkerton and Edward Gibbon to publish the beginnings of English history in a comprehensive work had failed because of Gibbon's untimely death. Petrie took up the idea again and organized several meetings with Earl Spencer at his house to move the project forward. Since Petrie wanted not only to cite sources, but also to include extracts of them in his work, the project became more and more expensive and an application for public funding was essential. After this had been approved by the government and parliament, work began in 1823. The project staff included Petrie's brother-in-law John Sharpe (1769-1859), the historian Aneurin Owen and the then still commercial John Humffreys Parry . Petrie himself had to withdraw from the project in 1832 due to illness.

When the first volume was about to be released in 1834, the project was put on hold by the Record Commission . The reason for this was the accusation of historian Francis Palgrave that the project was doomed to failure because, following Martin Bouquet and Lodovico Antonio Muratori, it only contained chronologically ordered extracts and no continuous text.

In 1840 Petrie retired at the age of 72 and died on March 17, 1842 at his home on Stockwell Place. His extensive book collection was auctioned in June 1842.

The book project started by Petrie was only published in 1848, when Petrie's long-time assistant, Thomas Duffus Hardy, received permission to publish the work.

Correspondence

Henry Petrie was in lively correspondence with colleagues at home and abroad. The National Archives recorded correspondence with Earl Spencer, including correspondence with Philip Bliss of the University of Oxford , Frederic Madden of the British Museum , Charles O'Conor and Thomas Phillipps .

On the occasion of Gustav Friedrich Hänel's trip to London in the autumn / winter of 1826, Petrie corresponded with the same and organized meetings with the historians Thomas Phillips and George D'Oyly .

Fonts

Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniæ de anno ab incarnatione Domini 1184, Willielmo filio Radulfi Senescallo, quæ extant . London 1830.
Monumenta historica Britannica or, Materials for the history of Britain, from the earliest period. Prepared and illustrated with notes by the late Henry Petrie; assisted by the Rev. John Sharpe. Volume 1: Extending to the Norman Conquest . Published by command of Her Majesty, London 1848. ( digitized version )

literature

[1]
Albert Pollard : Petrie, (Frederick) Henry . In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Howard Harrison (Eds.): The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000 . Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Individual evidence

^ Petrie, Henry. In: OGND. OCLC, 2020, accessed April 28, 2020 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Albert Pollard : Petrie, (Frederick) Henry . In: The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000 . 1st edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford 23 September 2004.
^ Sussex Churches. The Sharpe Collection of Watercolors and Drawings 1797-1809 mainly by Henry Petrie . Sussex Archeological Society, Lewes (Sussex) 1979.
↑ Samuel Austin Allibone: Petrie, Henry . In: Samuel Austin Allibone (Ed.): A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased, from the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century . tape 2 . JB Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia 1878 ( google.at ).
^ Petrie, Frederick Henry (1768-1842), Antiquary Keeper of Records in the Tower. In: The National Archives. UK Government, accessed April 30, 2020 .
^ Petrie, Henry. In: Kalliope | Union catalog for archival and archive-like stocks and national documentation instrument for personal papers and autographs. Accessed April 30, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Petrie, Henry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Petrie, Frederick Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British historian and archivist
DATE OF BIRTH	1768
PLACE OF BIRTH	London
DATE OF DEATH	March 17, 1842
Place of death	London

[1] Petrie, Henry. In: OGND. OCLC, 2020, accessed April 28, 2020 .

[:0-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Albert Pollard : Petrie, (Frederick) Henry . In: The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000 . 1st edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford 23 September 2004.

[3] Sussex Churches. The Sharpe Collection of Watercolors and Drawings 1797-1809 mainly by Henry Petrie . Sussex Archeological Society, Lewes (Sussex) 1979.

[4] Samuel Austin Allibone: Petrie, Henry . In: Samuel Austin Allibone (Ed.): A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased, from the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century . tape 2 . JB Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia 1878 ( google.at ).

[5] Petrie, Frederick Henry (1768-1842), Antiquary Keeper of Records in the Tower. In: The National Archives. UK Government, accessed April 30, 2020 .

[6] Petrie, Henry. In: Kalliope | Union catalog for archival and archive-like stocks and national documentation instrument for personal papers and autographs. Accessed April 30, 2020 .