Richard Lovell Edgeworth
Richard Lovell Edgeworth (born May 31, 1744 in Bath , † June 13, 1817 in Edgeworthstown , Ireland ) was an Irish author , engineer and reconnaissance, because of the settlement in the place, the city "Edgeworthstown" is named.
Life
Edgeworth was a large landowner, designer of carriages (including the first version of a tracked vehicle) and a member of the Irish House of Commons. However, its influence on the development of social values during the early industrial revolution became important . Edgeworth cultivated a personal friendship with Jean-Jacques Rousseau , whose ideas for a more natural life he brought to Great Britain and particularly concerned about raising children.
His own works, although pleasant to read and filled with humor, did not have much impact on English society. It was only when he introduced his friend and Oxford classmate, the poet Thomas Day , to Rousseau and his thoughts, and when he, too, advocated the idea of a humanistic upbringing of children, that these ideas gained a broad public among the British upper class.
At the same time Edgeworth had an influence on the practical application of his philanthropic trains of thought. In 1766 he became a member of the Lunar Society, which had been founded a year earlier, and immediately introduced Thomas Day to this group of entrepreneurs and natural scientists. Through their joint influence, the first factories, especially Matthew Boulton's Soho Manufactory and Josiah Wedgwoods Etruria , became bright and humane workshops where the heavy work was done by machines and child labor (in the sense of the time) was forbidden.
Edgworth was married four times and had 22 children. His daughter Maria Edgeworth continued his work after his death in 1817 in her books, which became more popular than her father's.
The economist Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (1845-1926) was Edgeworth's grandson.
Edgeworth found his final resting place in St. John's Church in Edgeworthstown. The Edgeworth Glacier in Antarctica is named in his honor .
Fonts
- The Substance of Three Speeches, delivered in the House of Commons of Ireland, February 6, March 4, and March 21, 1800, upon the subject of an Union with Great Britain . London 1800.
- An Essay on Irish Bulls . London 1801.
- Essays on professional education . London 1809.
- An essay on the construction of roads and carriages . London 1813.
- Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Maria Edgeworth: The Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth , Volume 1. Hunter, Cradock & Joy, London 1820.
- Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Maria Edgeworth: The Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth , Volume 2. Hunter, Cradock & Joy, London 1821.
literature
- Robert E. Schofield: The Lunar Society of Birmingham: A Social History of Provincial Science and Industry in Eighteenth-Century England . Oxford University Press / Clarendon Press, London 1963, p. 491.
- Jenny Uglow : The Lunar Men . 2nd Edition. Faber and Faber, London 2003, ISBN 0-571-21610-2 .
- Clarke Desmond: The Ingenious Mr. Edgeworth . Oldbourne, 1965.
- Michael Anthony Lyons: The Education Work of Richard Lovell Edgeworth . Edwin Mellen Press, New York 2003, ISBN 0-7734-6841-2 .
- Edgeworth, Richard Lovell . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 8 : Demijohn - Edward . London 1910, p. 935 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
Web links
- Short biography at RevolutionaryPlayers.org (English)
- Excerpts from his memoirs at Project Gutenberg (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Edgeworth, Richard Lovell |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish scout |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1744 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bath |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 1817 |
| Place of death | Edgeworthstown , Ireland |