Richard Garnett
Richard Garnett (born February 27, 1835 in Lichfield , Staffordshire , † April 13, 1906 ) was an English librarian , poet and writer .
Life
Garnett was the son of Richard Garnett, a senior official at the British Museum . He completed his school days in Bloomsbury and in 1851, through his father's mediation, also got a job as an assistant librarian at the library of the British Museum . He reached the high point of his career there in 1875 when he was promoted to head of the large reading room.
After much preparatory work, Garnett acted as publisher of the General Catalog of Printed Books in 1881 and between 1890 and 1899 he also held the position of Keeper of Printed Books .
The editor Edward Garnett was his son, his wife, the translator Constance Garnett his daughter-in-law; the writer David Garnett his grandson.
His poem Where Corals Lie was set to music by the composer Sir Edward Elgar in Sea Pictures, op.137.
reception
Garnett was very linguistically gifted and translated works from the Greek, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese languages. For a long time he worked for the Encyclopædia Britannica and the Dictionary of National Biography . Throughout his life he published numerous articles, from literary history topics to reports from antiquarian fairs in various magazines and newspapers.
Publications (selection)
As an author
- The twilight of the gods and other tales . 1888.
- Primula. Lyric poems . 1858.
- Io in Egypt, and other poems . 1859.
- Idylls and epigrams . 1869.
- Richmond on the Thames . 1896.
- Thomas Carlyle . A biography .
- John Milton . A biography .
- William Blake . A biography .
As editor
- Percy Bysshe Shelley : Relics of Shelley . 1862 (collection of poetic fragments by the poet that he had found himself)
- Percy Bysshe Shelley: Selection from Shelley's poems .
- Richard Garnett: Philological essays . 1859.
- English literature. An illustrated record (with Edmund Gosse )
- History of Italian literature .
- The age of Dryden . 1895.
As translator
- Poems from the German . 1862.
literature
- Garnett, Richard . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . 6th edition. Volume 7, Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1907, p. 340 .
- Garnett, Richard . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 6, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, pp. 913–913.
- Garnett, Richard . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 11 : Franciscans - Gibson . London 1910, p. 471 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
Web links
- Literature by and about Richard Garnett in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Garnett, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English librarian, poet and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lichfield |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 13, 1906 |