Samuel Carter Hall

Anna Maria Hall & Samuel Carter Hall

Samuel Carter Hall (born May 9, 1800 in Geneva Barracks near Waterford , Ireland , † March 11, 1889 in London ) was an Irish writer.

Life

Samuel Carter Hall became a lawyer and then devoted himself to literature.

In 1824 he married Anna Marie (née Fielding), who, herself a writer, remained his loyal colleague until she died. He founded the paperback The Amulet in 1825 , which he edited for many years, took over the editing of The New Monthly Magazine in 1830, and founded the Art Journal in 1839 , which has had a considerable influence on the uplift and generalization of taste for the visual arts.

In addition, he published a number of illustrated works, some alone, some with his wife, e. B.

• Ireland, its scenery, character etc. 1841–1843, 3 volumes.
• Gems of European art: 1846–1847, 2 parts.
• The baronial halls: 1848.
• The Vernon gallery: 1854 a. a.

Most recently he published:

• A book of memories of great men and great women of the age. 1870.
• The trial of Sir Jasper. Moral poem, 1873.
• Rhymes in council. 1881.
• The retrospect of a long life. 1883, 2 volumes.

literature

• George Clement Boase:  Hall, Samuel Carter . In: Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (Eds.): Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 24:  Hailes - Harriott. , MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London 1890, pp. 87 - 89 (English).
• Hall, Samuel Carter . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 12 : Gichtel - harmonium . London 1910, p. 850 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
• Hall, Samuel Carter . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . 6th edition. Volume 8, Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1907, pp.  663–664 .

Web links

Wikisource: Samuel Carter Hall  - Sources and full texts (English)

• Literature by and about Samuel Carter Hall in the WorldCat bibliographic database