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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 October 2010
    22 April 2010
    ISBN:
    9780511697791
    9781108011785
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511697791
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    Weight & Pages:
    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.63kg, 500 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Classical Studies, Classical Studies (General), Classical Languages
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Classics
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    Subjects:
    Classical Studies, Classical Studies (General), Classical Languages
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Classics
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    John Stuart Blackie (1805–1895) trained in law and studied divinity in Scotland and Germany before becoming a professor of Classics. Confident, well-travelled, vivacious, and outspoken, he delivered numerous public lectures, was instrumental in the founding of the Gaelic Chair at Edinburgh University, and published translations of many German and Classical works, as well as an impressive body of literary criticism. He was active in Radical politics, a strong opponent of the 1867 Reform Bill, and well-known for his eccentric dress. Anna M. Stoddart's detailed biography of Blackie, published in 1896, provides captivating insights into this extraordinary man's life and times by drawing on letters and papers provided by Blackie's widow and colleagues soon after his death. It remains a useful source for scholars interested in Scottish education or the experience of Scots abroad, as well as those studying nineteenth-century literature and literary criticism.

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