Temple Stanyan

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Temple Stanyan (born February 8, 1675 in Monken Hadley ( Middlesex ), † March 25, 1752 at Rawlins Manor (Woodcote Manor) in Oxfordshire ) was an English politician, historian and author.

Live and act

He was one of eight children of the trader, farmer and tax administrator, commissioner of the revenue from Monken Hadley den Lawrence Stanyan († 1725) and his wife, née Dorothy Knapp. One of his older brothers was Abraham Stanyan , an ambassador of England to Switzerland, the Ottoman Empire, and Austria .

Stanyan first attended Westminster School as Queen's Scholar in 1691 . Then he was enrolled at Christ Church in Oxford in June 1695 , but without graduating there.

At the end of his Oxford studies, he entered administrative services as under-secretary of the Northern Department in 1715 . This authority dealt with matters affecting the Kingdom of Great Britain in Northern Europe. He then moved to the Southern Department for Southern Europe, where he also served as an under-secretary from 1717 onwards. A year later, however, he lost his position. In 1719, he was appointed to the Privy Council , where he succeeded his older brother Abraham. In 1724 he was again under-secretary in the Southern Department, which he finally left in 1735.

Temple Stanyan published The Grecian History: From the Original of Greece, to the Death of Philip of Macedon between 1707 and 1739 , a work that was heavily influenced by Plutarch's view . It was the first comprehensive work on ancient Greek history in English that was addressed to a broad public and became very successful. It was the standard work on this subject in the 18th century and appeared in several editions in 1751, 1759, 1766, 1774, 1775 and 1781. The work was translated into French by Denis Diderot and was published in Paris in 1743 by Briasson .

On May 12, 1726, Stanyan became a member of the Royal Society . He was married a total of three times in his life. His first marriage was to the widow Elizabeth Boys, née Shirley. She was the widow of a William Boy. Then he married on January 3, 1721 a second time Susannah Hobbs (1689-1725). His third marriage was with the born Grace Pauncefort (1692 / 3–1768).

Works

  • The Grecian history. J. and R. Tonson in the Strand, London 1707-1739.
  • vol. 1: From the original of Greece to the end of the Peloponnesian War: containing the space of about 1684 Years. 1739.
  • vol. 2: From the end of the Peloponnesian War to the death of Philip of Macedon. 1739.

literature

  • Jonathan I. Israel: Enlightenment Contested: Philosophy, Modernity, and the Emancipation of Man 1670-1752: Philosophy, Modernity, and the Emancipation of Man 1670-1752. Oxford University Press, 2006, ISBN 0-19-153541-9 , p. 785.
  • David Onnekink, Gijs Rommelse: Ideology and Foreign Policy in Early Modern Europe (1650-1750). Ashgate Publishing, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4094-1914-3 , pp. 119 f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ entry on Stanyan; Temple (c 1677-1752) in the Royal Society Archives , London
  2. ↑ David Onnekink, Gijs Rommelse: Ideology and Foreign Policy in Early Modern Europe (1650-1750). Ashgate Publishing, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4094-1914-3 , p. 120.
personal data
SURNAME Stanyan, Temple
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English author, historian and politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1675
PLACE OF BIRTH Monken Hadley
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 1752
Place of death Rawlins Manor (Woodcote Manor in Oxfordshire)