Richard Copley Christie
Richard Copley Christie (born July 22, 1830 in Nottingham , † January 9, 1901 in Ribsden , Windlesham ) was a British lawyer, historian, bibliophile and Romance scholar .
life and work
Christie studied law at Oxford and was temporarily professor of history and political science at Owens College in Manchester (later University of Manchester ), also Chancellor of the Anglican Diocese of Manchester. His inherited fortune allowed him to pursue his scientific interests, his bibliophile inclinations and extensive patronage. His bibliophile estate is in the John Rylands Library .
Scientifically, Christie emerged through the publication of an extensive and bibliographically rich biography of the French humanist Étienne Dolet .
Students from the universities of Manchester , Liverpool and Leeds have competed in more than 30 sports every year since 1886 for the Christie Cup , which is considered the second oldest among British universities after the Oxford-Cambridge duels .
Works
- Étienne Dolet. The martyr of the Renaissance. A biography , London 1880, 1899, Nieuwkoop 1964 (French: Étienne Dolet. Le martyr de la renaissance. Sa vie et sa mort , translated by Casimir Stryienski, Paris 1886, Geneva 1969)
literature
- Selected essays and papers of Richard Copley Christie , ed. by William Arthur Shaw, London 1902, New York 1972
- Charles WE Leigh, Catalog of the Christie Collection bequeathed to the Library of the University of Manchester , Manchester 1915
- Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford 2004 sv
Web links
- Literature by and about Richard Copley Christie in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Christie, Richard Copley |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British lawyer, historian, bibliophile and Romance scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1830 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nottingham |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 9, 1901 |
| Place of death | Ribsden , Windlesham |