Theodore Martin - Wikipedia Theodore Martin From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Redirected from Sir Theodore Martin) Jump to navigation Jump to search Theodore Martin Born 16 September 1816  Died 18 August 1909  (aged 92) Nationality Scottish Alma mater University of Edinburgh Spouse(s) Helena Faucit  Sir Theodore Martin KCB KCVO (16 September 1816 – 18 August 1909) was a Scottish poet, biographer, and translator. Contents 1 Biography 2 References 3 Sources 4 External links Biography[edit] Portrait by Thomas Duncan, 1826 Martin was the son of James Martin, a solicitor in Edinburgh, where Theodore was born and educated at the Royal High School and University. He practised as a solicitor in Edinburgh 1840–45, after which he went to London and became head of the firm of Martin and Leslie, parliamentary agents. His first contribution to literature was the humorous Bon Gaultier Ballads, written along with W.E. Aytoun, which remained popular for a long time; originally contributed to a magazine, they appeared in book form in 1845. Funerary monument, Brompton Cemetery, London Martin's translations include Dante's Vita Nuova, Oehlenschläger's Correggio and Aladdin, Heinrich Heine's Poems and Ballads, Friedrich Schiller's Wilhelm Tell, and Hertz's King René's Daughter.[1] He also published a complete translation of Horace with a Life, and one of Catullus. He is probably best known for his Life of the Prince Consort (1874–80), the writing of which was entrusted to him by Queen Victoria, a work which won him her lifelong friendship. He also wrote Lives of Professor Aytoun and Lord Lyndhurst. In 1851 he married Helena Faucit, a well-known actress, and author of studies on Shakespeare's Female Characters, whose Life he published in 1901. The couple lived for some time at Bryntysilio {The Hill of St. Tyssilio} which he bought in 1861, near Llangollen, where in 1889 they were visited by the queen during her progress in Wales. Martin kept up his intellectual activity into old age, published in 1905 a translation of Leopardi's poems, and Monographs (1906). He was Lord Rector of St. Andrews 1881, LL.D. of Edinburgh 1875, and Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath 1880. He died in 1909 and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London. References[edit] ^ Martin, Theodore. King René's daughter: a Danish lyrical drama, W. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1850. Sources[edit]  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cousin, John William (1910). "Martin, Sir Theodore". A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London: J. M. Dent & Sons – via Wikisource. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Martin, Sir Theodore" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Martin, Theodore" . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co. Ward, A. W.; Basu, Sayoni. "Martin, Sir Theodore (1816–1909)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34906. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) External links[edit] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sir Theodore Martin. Wikisource has original works written by or about: Theodore Martin Works by Theodore Martin at Project Gutenberg Works by or about Theodore Martin at Internet Archive Academic offices Preceded by Earl of Selborne Rector of the University of St Andrews 1880 - 1883 Succeeded by Lord Reay Authority control BNE: XX5552482 BNF: cb16666021p (data) GND: 116807806 ISNI: 0000 0003 6854 3557 LCCN: n83071958 NLA: 35331182 NLI: 000089619 NTA: 181386429 SELIBR: 306782 SNAC: w6ms3rgv SUDOC: 143242768 Trove: 914393 VcBA: 495/200869 VIAF: 773560 WorldCat Identities: lccn-n83071958 v t e Rectors of the University of St Andrews Sir Ralph Anstruther William Stirling-Maxwell John Stuart Mill J. A. Froude Lord Neaves Arthur Penrhyn Stanley Lord Selborne Sir Theodore Martin Lord Reay Arthur Balfour Marquess of Dufferin and Ava Marquess of Bute James Stuart Andrew Carnegie Baron Avebury Earl of Rosebery Earl of Aberdeen Sir Douglas Haig Sir J. M. 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