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Thomas Carlyle

The Sage of Chelsea

Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881).

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Family Name

Carlyle

Sex or Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Place of Death

London
Country
:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Country of Citizenship

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Scotland
Kingdom of Great Britain

Date of Birth

12/4/1795
Reason for Preferred Rank
:
Most Precise Value
1795

Date of Death

2/5/1881
1881

Educated At

University of Edinburgh
(1809 - 1813)
Start Time
: 1809
End Time
: 1813
Annan Academy
(1806 - 1809)
Start Time
: 1806
End Time
: 1809
Hoddom School, Academy Street, Ecclefechan
( - 1805)
End Time
: 1805

Award Received

Pour Le Mérite for Sciences and Arts Order
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
(1878)
Point in Time
: 1878
Pour Le Mérite
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
(1866)
Point in Time
: 1866

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Thomas Carlyle

Occupation

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Linguist
Literary Historian
Historian
Translator
Mathematician
Philosopher
Essayist
Writer
Literary Critic
Novelist
Teacher

Notable Work

On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History
Chartism
Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: With Elucidations
History of Friedrich II of Prussia
Inaugural Address at Edinburgh University

Given Name

Thomas

Described by Source

17 items
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Section
:Карлейль Томас
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Carlyle, Thomas (1795-1881) (DNB00)
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th Edition (1885–1890)
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q24436735
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition
Statement Is Subject Of
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EB-1911 / Carlyle, Thomas
Cartoon Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Men of the Day
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Thomas Carlyle
Obálky Knih
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The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Subject Named As
:Carlyle, Thomas
Library of the World's Best Literature
Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
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Q24761315
The Encyclopedia Americana
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The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Carlyle, Thomas
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The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Heroes and Hero-Worship
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The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Frederick the Great
The American Cyclopædia
Statement Is Subject Of
:
The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Carlyle, Thomas
Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Carlyle, Thomas
New International Encyclopedia
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The New International Encyclopædia/Carlyle, Thomas
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Vol. 5
Page(s)
:325
Carlyle and the Idea of the Modern

Member Of

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Archives At

Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Smith College

Name in Native Language

Thomas Carlyle

Spouse

Ethnic Group

Scottish People
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Source Known to Be Unreliable

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English
German

Field of Work

Philosophy
History
Mathematics

Sibling

Position Held

Rector of the University of Edinburgh
(1865 - 1868)
Replaces
:
William Ewart Gladstone
Replaced By
:
James Moncreiff, 1st Baron Moncreiff
Start Time
: 1865
End Time
: 1868

Employer

University of Edinburgh
(1818 - 1821)
Start Time
: 1818
End Time
: 1821
Annan Academy
(1814 - 1816)
Start Time
: 1814
End Time
: 1816
Kirkcaldy High School
(1816 - 1818)
Start Time
: 1816
End Time
: 1818

Writing Language

English

Mother

Margaret Aitken Carlyle

Place of Burial

Johnstone United Presbyterian Church, Hoddom Road, Ecclefechan
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Coordinate Location
: 55.0584°N 3.2664°W

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The Homes and Haunts of Thomas Carlyle
Publication Date
: 1895
Ecclefechan
Sartor Resartus
Past and Present
The French Revolution: A History
Thomas Carlyle
Located in the Administrative Territorial Entity
:
Dumfriesshire
Country
:
Kingdom of Great Britain
Occasional Discourse on the Negro Question
John Carlyle
Jane Welsh Carlyle
(1826 - 1866)
End Cause
:
Death
Start Time
: 1826
End Time
: 1866